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To  all  who  have  opened  the  cover  of 
this  book,  you  are  on  the  threshold  of 
some  treasured  memories  that  have 
been  accumulating  for  75  years  -  from 
1927  to  2002.  Thank  you  for  beginning 
this  written  and  photographic  journey, 
which,  we  hope,  will  prompt  and  inspire 
your  own  additions  along  the  way. 

All  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School 
Alumni  Association  members  are 
encouraged  to  begin  the  journey  by 
remembering,  with  more  than  passing 
appreciation,  the  many  secretaries  who 
have  kept  mailing  lists  current. 
Addresses  change,  but  every  member 
doesn’t  notify  the  association  as  prompt¬ 
ly  as  favorite  magazines  are  notified. 
Members  have  been  tracked  through  rel¬ 
atives  and  friends  by  CORRESPONDING 
SECRETARIES,  since  Sallie  Cooper  was 
elected  to  the  office  in  1927. 

Lois  Tatum  served  as  Corresponding 
Secretary  for  37  years,  from  1939  to 
1982.  As  Critz  post  office  clerk  and  later 
postmaster,  Lois  was  in  a  good  position 
to  keep  a  mailing  list  current,  and  she 
discharged  her  responsibilities  with 
admirable  diligence.  Her  services  were 
recognized  with  a  special  presentation  in 
1964. 

Association  members  have  at  least 
one  convenient,  annual  opportunity  to 
express  personal  and  group  appreciation 
to  the  current  Corresponding  Secretary, 
Frances  Via  Smart,  for  1 8  years  of  serv¬ 
ice.  Members  also  can  make  the  job  eas¬ 
ier  by  notifying  Frances  of  every  address 
change. 

Lois  and  Frances  have  served  55  of 
the  association’s  75  years. 


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Commendation 

The  Senate  of  the  Commonwealth  of  Virginia 
hereby  commends  and  congratulates  the 


HARDIN  REYNOLDS  MEMORIAL  SCHOOL 
ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

In  recognition  of  its 
75t&  ANNIVERSARY 
~ 2002  ~ 

offered  by  Senator  W m.  R oscoe  Reynolds 
on  January  17, 2002 

derk  of  the  Senate 


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H.R.M.S.” 


Where  the  blue  hills  encircling  rise 
To  meet  the  quiet  and  gentle  skies 


Where  nature’s  beauty  still  holds  rule 
There  stands  our  loved  and  honored  school 
“H.R.M.S.,  H.R.M.S. 

No  other  school  so  truly  blessed 


Thy  standards  high,  thy  purpose  true 
Our  Lives  shall  guide  in  all  we  do; 


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Taught  by  the  precepts 
to  face  each  test 
And  win  or  lose 
to  give  our  best. 


“H.R.M.S.,  H.R.M.S.” 

We  sing  thy  name  in  gratefulness 


Tho  many  years  may  intervene 
Tho  many  miles  unroll  between 
Thoughts  will  return  as  memory  wills 
To  our  dear  school  among  the  hills 


“H.R.M.S., 
H.R.M.S.” 
God  grant  thee 
honor 
and 

success. 


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How  can  one  book  contain  more  than  75  years  of  preserved  and  treasured  memo¬ 
ries  of  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School  and  its  Alumni  Association?  To  paraphrase  a 
familiar  gospel  chorus,  the  task  is  too  high  to  go  over,  too  deep  to  go  under,  and  too 
extensive  to  go  around.  The  only  possible  solution  is  selection  from  wealthy  availability, 
then  crowd  as  much  as  possible  through  a  door  that  insists  upon  too  many  limits.  In 
spite  of  all  the  odds  against  success,  the  impossible  task  has  been  attempted  here  by 
a  rather  varied  and  fluid  committee  and  staff  of  Critz-area  volunteers,  immeasurable 
help  has  come  from  class  members  wherever  they  could  be  tracked  via  family  or  per¬ 
sonal  contacts,  through  the  mails  (in  the  midst  of  anthrax  risks  and  threats  by  interna¬ 
tional  terrorists),  with  the  relatively  recent,  complicated,  but  somewhat  sanitized  inno¬ 
vation  of  E-Mail,  and  the  telephone,  which  has  progressed  from  a  wall-mounted  wood 
and  metal  instrument  (with  a  little  hand  crank)  to  the  frustration  of  pushing  many  but¬ 
tons  and  getting  only  recorded  voices. 

The  impossible  task  has  been  completed  with  acknowledged  less  than  complete 
success,  but,  hopefully,  everyone  who  views  these  printed  pages  will  be  sufficiently 
understanding  and  charitable  to  conclude  the  results  are  considerable. 

Now  that  one  impossible  task  has  been  completed,  another  has  to  be  faced  with 
even  fewer  chances  for  success.  How  can  appropriate  thanks  be  expressed  to  so  many 
for  so  much  in  such  a  limited  space?  The  answer  is  obvious.  That  can’t  be  done.  So, 
everyone  thanks  everyone  else  for  months  of  valiant  and  tireless  efforts  that  will  be 
judged,  again  hopefully,  as  a  job  well  done.  Three  exceptions  must  be  made,  beginning 
with  Jesse  Shelburne  Bowles,  class  of  1952,  president  of  Collinsville  Printing  Company, 
Collinsville,  Virginia.  Without  his  helpful  suggestions  and  invaluable  advice,  his  person¬ 
al  and  corporate  services,  these  pages  would  have  encountered  many  more  difficulties 
gaining  existence. 

Exceptions  must  be  made  also  for  the  Hardin  Reynolds  principal,  Ann  Adams 
Fulcher,  class  of  1969,  and  for  Loritta  Barbour  Murphy,  school  secretary,  class  of  1955. 
Without  their  early  and  continuing  cooperative  help,  through  many  days  and  nights,  the 
presentation  of  these  collected  memories  could  not  have  gotten  started. 

What  remains  to  be  done?  From  many  possibilities,  the  committee  and  staff  hope 
these  pages  will  produce  memories  that  will  be  as  treasured  in  the  future  as  they  have 
been  in  a  past  that  began  in  1890  as  Critz  School,  which  graduated  from  one-room  log 
to  one-room  frame  in  1905,  then  a  four-room  brick  building  in  1913-1914  through  the 
generosity  of  R.  J.  Reynolds,  before  becoming  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  April  23, 
1927. 

Many  voices  have  shared  by  speaking  again.  With  one  voice  now,  hopes  are 
expressed  that  everyone’s  reading  and  perusing  will  be  pleasurable  enough  to  create 
additional  treasured  memories  to  endure  for  the  past  that  is  yet  to  be. 


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HISTORY  OF  HARDIN  REYNOLDS  MEMORIAL  SCHOOL 

ALUMNI  ASSOCIATION 

In  June,  1927,  the  graduates  of  Critz  High  School,  which  earlier  that  year  had  become 
Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School,  and  Principal  Carnet  B.  Cox  met  and  organized  an  alumni 
association.  Approximately  sixty  people  attended. 


The  first  officers  and  board  of  directors  were: 
Russell  Joyce 
Marshall  Via 
Maggie  Joyce 
Thelma  Tatum 
Sallie  Cooper 


President 
Vice  President 
Secretary 
Treasurer 

Corresponding  Secretary 


Board  of  Directors 

Charlie  Sheppard 
Edna  Tatum 
Sallie  Cooper 


Bill  Ayers 
Eldean  Martin 
Arthur  Tudor 


The  constitution  states:  “The  objects  of  the  association  shall  be  to  establish  more  effective 
relations  between  the  school  and  alumni,  to  cooperate  with  the  school  in  suggesting  and 
carrying  out  proposals  looking  toward  its  progress  and  welfare;  and,  particularly,  to  advance  the 
interests  of  the  school,  and  to  bring  alumni  into  closer  contact  with  each  other.” 


Membership  was  to  consist  of  graduates  and  friends  of  the  school.  Those  graduating  prior 
to  1922,  when  the  school  was  accredited,  were  classified  as  associate  members;  those 
graduating  in  1922  and  after,  regular  members. 


Two  mottos  have  existed:  “A  School  is  What  its  Former  Students  Make  it”  and  “Every 
Member  an  Active  Worker.”  The  latter  seems  to  have  prevailed. 


Annual  meetings  have  usually  been  in  May — in  recent  years,  the  Saturday  preceding 
Memorial  Day.  Traditionally,  members  and  guests  enjoy  a  banquet,  followed  by  a  business 
meeting  and  then,  dancing. 


There  have  been  only  two  years  in  which  a  banquet  was  not  held.  Quoting  from  the 
secretary’s  minutes  in  1943,  “Due  to  the  ban  on  pleasure  riding  resulting  from  war  conditions, 
the  executive  committee  deemed  it  both  wise  and  patriotic  to  call  off  the  banquet.”  Again  in 
1944,  there  was  no  banquet,  but  the  association  held  its  annual  meeting  on  the  HRMS  campus. 
Following  a  picnic,  vesper  services  were  held  in  the  school  auditorium,  followed  by  a  candlelight 
service  on  the  campus  honoring  members  in  uniform. 


Sites  for  the  annual  meeting  and  banquet  have  included  the  high  school  library,  Patrick 
Springs  Hotel,  Fairystone  Park,  the  William  Neal  Reynolds  Gymnasium;  and,  beginning  in  1974, 
the  multipurpose  room  of  the  school. 


The  first  several  years,  the  meal  was  prepared  and  served  by  the  Home  Economics 
Department  under  the  direction  of  their  teacher.  Later,  food  was  prepared  by  the  school 
cafeteria  staff  and  ladies  of  the  community,  with  youth  from  the  area  assisting  in  serving.  In 
recent  years,  the  organization  has  used  the  services  of  professional  caterers. 

In  1936,  a  nominating  committee  was  appointed  for  the  first  time  to  present  a  slate  of 
officers  for  general  membership  vote.  Prior  to  that  time,  all  nominations  were  from  the  floor. 

It  was  not  until  1941  that  the  executive  board  was  required  to  keep  minutes  of  its  meetings. 


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The  constitution  states  that  annual  dues  shall  be  $1.  It  is  interesting  to  note  that  they 
remained  $1  until  1948  when  they  were  increased  to  $1.50.  Since  then,  there  have  been  many 
increases.  At  the  present,  there  are  no  dues  as  such.  Persons  attending  the  banquet  are 
charged  the  cost  of  the  meal  plus  an  additional  amount  to  add  to  the  treasury. 

Early  in  the  life  of  the  organization,  fund  raisers  were  held  to  help  defray  operating  expenses 
and  provide  gifts  to  the  school.  Because  of  consolidation,  the  year  1971  brought  an  end  to  the 
chief  source  of  income — the  annual  Miss  HRMS  Beauty  Pageant.  This  necessitated  an  increase 
in  dues,  as  well  as  a  quest  for  ways  to  supplement  the  treasury.  Several  ideas  were  discussed, 
including:  sponsoring  a  Little  Miss  HRMS  Beauty  Pageant,  Halloween  Carnival,  a  Womanless 
Beauty  Pageant,  wrestling  match,  and  sale  of  pictures.  In  1973,  it  was  decided  to  sell  pictures 
of  the  school  “as  it  appeared  a  few  years  ago.”  Pictures  were  ordered;  some  were  sold;  and  the 
remainder  left  in  the  treasurer’s  possession  to  be  sold  at  any  time  during  the  year.  In  1973,  it 
was  decided  to  discontinue  the  practice  of  sending  flowers  for  alumni  members’  funerals  and 
send  sympathy  cards  to  families  of  the  deceased  instead.  Two  things  prompted  this  decision: 
often  times,  the  person  designated  to  assume  this  responsibility  did  not  hear  of  the  death  until 
after  the  funeral;  in  addition,  it  was  becoming  very  expensive. 

The  first  gift  to  the  school  from  the  association  was  a  large  picture  of  Mr.  Hardin  Reynolds, 
for  whom  the  school  was  named.  This  was  placed  in  the  lobby  of  the  auditorium.  Other  gifts 
included  flags  and  flag  poles,  books,  living  room  furniture  for  the  girls’  dormitory,  contributions 
toward  a  dugout  for  the  baseball  field,  piano,  copy  machine,  sound  system,  score  board  and 
seats  for  the  gymnasium,  and  many  others.  Thousands  of  dollars  have  been  spent  by  the  alumni 
association  for  gifts  to  the  school. 

Annual  banquet  entertainment  has  usually  been  furnished  by  speakers.  They  have  ranged 
from  ministers,  physicians,  congressmen,  senators,  attorneys,  musicians,  school  principals, 
school  superintendents,  teachers,  to  HRMS  graduates,  many  of  whom  are  included  in  one  of 
the  above  categories.  HRMS  graduates  who  were  banquet  speakers  included  Mr.  Russell 
Joyce,  Mr.  Homa  Freeman,  Dr.  William  B.  Hall,  Mr.  Floyd  Trent,  Mr.  Cecil  Spencer,  Mr.  Murray  G. 
Via,  Mrs.  Sallie  Via,  Ms.  Mary  Sue  Terry,  Mrs.  Nannie  Ruth  Terry,  Col.  Leland  Martin,  Mr.  James 
Hodges,  Mr.  Douglas  Hutchens,  and  Mr.  Lee  Spencer.  There  may  have  been  others  whose 
names  were  not  included  in  the  minutes. 

Speech  topics  have  been  as  different  as  the  persons  making  them.  A  principal  spoke  in 
1936  on  “This  Dangerous  Age”;  another  topic  was,  “The  Future.”  Others  included  “The  Critical 
Teacher  Shortage,”  “Happenings  in  Washington,”  “History  of  the  Reynolds  Family,”  and  “How 
to  Live  Forever.”  It  is  impressive  to  note  the  number  of  speakers  who  praised  the  quality  of 
education  offered  at  HRMS. 

The  benevolent  spirit  of  alumni  members  is  evidenced  by  the  fact  that  on  various  occasions, 
the  association  has  provided  financial  assistance  to  members  and  friends  who  were  suffering 
hardships. 

Through  the  years,  baseball  and  basketball  games  were  played  with  alumni  playing  high 
school;  later,  even-year  graduates  played  odd-year  graduates.  James  Tatum,  Alvis  Joyce,  J.  P. 
Via,  Joe  Cobbler,  and  Clyde  Nelson  have  served  as  team  managers.  As  members  aged,  it 
became  difficult  to  recruit  participants,  so  that  activity  ceased. 

Several  members  have  been  given  special  recognition  for  their  outstanding  service  to  the 
alumni  association  and/or  school:  Mrs.  Sallie  Cooper  Via,  Ms  Mary  Sue  Terry,  Mrs.  Nannie  Ruth 
Cooper  Terry,  Mr.  Marshall  Via,  Miss  Lois  Tatum,  and  Mrs.  Frances  Via  Smart. 

In  1964,  Miss  Lois  Tatum  was  presented  a  $50  savings  bond  in  appreciation  of  her  many 


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years  of  service  as  corresponding  secretary.  She  served  in  that  capacity  a  total  of  38  years.  In 
1994,  Frances  Via  Smart  was  given  $25  in  recognition  of  her  invaluable  service  as 
corresponding  secretary.  She  has  served  17  years.  Others  who  have  given  many  dedicated 
years  of  service  to  the  association  are  the  present  officers:  Wayne  Clark,  president  since  1987; 
Janice  Doss  Woods,  vice  president  since  1990;  Frances  Bingman  Ashburn,  treasurer  since 
1971,  and  Nancy  Bowles  Barrow,  recording  secretary  since  1988  . 

The  constitution  states  “Conspicuous  service  in  behalf  of  the  school  is  deemed  cause  for 
honorary  membership.”  Several  people  have  received  this  honor:  Mr.  James  W.  Price,  a  popular 
and  highly  respected  teacher  and  coach  in  the  1940’s;  Mrs.  Nancy  Susan  Reynolds, 
granddaughter  of  Flardin  Reynolds;  Mrs.  Annie  D.  Reynolds  Tompkins,  a  generous  benefactor 
of  the  school;  and  Mrs.  Dea  Reynolds,  in  appreciation  of  work  done  in  banquet  preparation. 

Three  members  have  been  recognized  for  their  faithful  attendance  at  the  annual  banquet. 
Cary  Ayers,  class  of  1928,  reported  in  1997  that  he  had  never  missed  a  banquet.  Miss  Lois 
Tatum,  class  of  1932,  missed  her  first  banquet  in  1975.  Mrs.  Louise  Clark  Reynolds,  class  of 
1935,  had  never  missed  but  one  banquet  in  2001. 


Following  is  a  list  of  people  who  have  served  as  president  of  the  FIRMS  Alumni  Association: 


Russell  Joyce 
W.  J.  (Bill)  Ayers 
Maggie  Joyce  Davis 
Floyd  Trent 
Marshall  Via 
Clark  Ayers 
Robert  Tatum 
Homa  Freeman 
Fonrose  Trent 
Sallie  Cooper  Via 
Louise  Marion  Fulcher 
Marie  Tatum  Clark 
Raymond  Spencer 
William  H.  Anthony 
Nannie  Ruth  Cooper  Terry 


Ralph  Grogan 
Cary  Ayers 

Elizabeth  Hundley  Clark 

Moir  Bingman 

Fred  Smart 

Myrtle  Leach  Crews 

Alvin  Anthony 

Pauline  Cockram  Turner 

Judy  Via  Pollard 

Clyde  Nelson 

Bobby  Reynolds 

Jimmy  Rodgers 

Mary  Louise  Reynolds  Handy 

Bobby  Sanders 

Nancy  Bowles  Barrow 

Wayne  Clark 


The  largest  class  to  become  members  was  the  class  of  1970,  with  53  graduates.  The 
smallest  was  in  1945,  when  there  were  only  two  graduates  due  to  the  addition  of  eighth  grade. 

In  1982,  the  association  voted  to  accept  as  members  those  eleventh  graders  who  attended 
school  at  HRMS  and  did  graduate  somewhere.  In  1988,  it  was  decided  that  all  high  school 
students  at  HRMS  at  the  time  of  consolidation  be  accepted  as  alumni  and  invited  to  the 
banquet. 


In  1963,  a  motion  was  made  to  consider  “setting  up  a  fund  to  help  some  worthy  student 
with  college  expenses.”  After  discussion,  it  was  decided  that  funds  were  too  limited  at  that  time, 
but  it  was  a  matter  to  be  considered  later.  The  dream  persisted,  and  in  1988,  the  scholarship 
fund  became  a  reality.  A  collection  was  taken,  receiving  $423.  It  was  decided  to  supplement  the 
fund  from  the  treasury  to  make  it  $500. 

When  the  scholarship  fund  was  established,  accumulating  a  total  of  $10,000  was  the  goal, 


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so  that  the  interest  could  pay  for  the  scholarship  each  year.  That  goal 
has  been  reached. 

Mrs.  Mary  Louise  Reynolds  Handy  was  appointed  as  chairperson 
of  a  committee  to  establish  guidelines  for  selection  of  the  recipients. 

This  committee  makes  selections  each  year,  based  chiefly  on 
academic  achievement  and  need.  An  applicant  must  have  been  a 
student  at  Hardin  Reynolds  or  be  the  child  or  grandchild  of  a 
graduate  of  Hardin  Reynolds. 

Mrs.  Handy  served  on  this  committee  from  its  inception  to  her 
death  in  March,  2001.  In  addition  to  working  with  the  committee  in 
reviewing  applications  and  selecting  the  recipients,  she  presented 
the  scholarships  when  she  was  physically  able  to  do  so.  Mrs.  Mary  Louise  Reynolds  Handy 

The  practice  of  a  collection  for  the  scholarship  fund  at  the  banquet  has  continued.  This, 
however,  is  only  a  fraction  of  what  is  given  to  this  fund  each  year.  Any  individual  or  group  is 
encouraged  to  participate  in  this  endeavor;  however,  in  order  to  memorialize  or  honor  someone, 
the  gift  must  be  a  minimum  of  $300.  Individuals,  families,  and  HRMS  graduating  classes  make 

substantial  contributions  to  the  fund  each  year, 
thus  paying  tribute  to  loved  ones. 

The  first  scholarship,  amounting  to  $600,  was 
presented  to  Kevin  Tatum  in  1989  by  Wayne  Clark. 
Kevin  attended  Hardin  Reynolds  and  graduated 
from  Patrick  County  High  School.  His  parents  are 
HRMS  graduates. 

As  of  May  26,  2001,  a  total  of  $47,975  in 
scholarships  has  been  presented  to  deserving  high 
school  seniors  to  assist  them  in  continuing  their 
education. 

No  history  of  the  HRMS  Alumni  Association 
would  be  complete  without  mentioning  the  fact 
that  for  many  years,  the  meetings  have  closed  with 
the  singing  of  HRMS  School  Song,  composed  by  Mrs.  Bili  Shelton  Ehmann,  and  Auld  Lana 
Syne. 

Facing  reality,  we  know  the  HRMS  Alumni  Association  cannot  continue  to  exist,  because  it 
receives  no  new  members.  When  we  consider  that  on  May  26,  2001 ,  there  was  a  report  of 
nineteen  deceased  members  during  the  preceding  year,  we  are  reminded  of  our  mortality  and 
the  future  demise  of  the  HRMS  Alumni  Association. 

The  HRMS  Alumni  Association  has  not  been  an  organization  just  to  “meet  and  eat.”  Many 
good  things  have  been  accomplished  during  its  75  years  of  existence.  The  objectives  as  set 
forth  in  the  constitution  adopted  in  June,  1927,  have  not  only  been  attained,  but  exceeded  as 
it  continues  to  exist  and  be  a  vital  force  in  the  community  31  years  after  the  closing  of  the  high 
school. 

Compiled  from: 

The  Records  of 

Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School 

Alumni  Association 

Critz,  Virginia 


Wayne  Clark  &  Kevin  Tatum 


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HISTORY  OF  THE  HARDIN  REYNOLDS  MEMORIAL  SCHOOL 


Little  Log  Schoolhouse 


The  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School  had  its  beginning 
in  a  little  log  school  house  around  1890.  The  building, 
located  about  3/10  of  a  mile  from  the  present  campus,  was 
made  of  hand-hewn  logs,  It  was  covered  with  boards  that 
were  also  made  by  hand  and  nailed  on  with  cut  iron  nails.  A 
huge  fireplace  in  a  rock  chimney  on  one  end  of  the  house 
furnished  the  heat. 

A  large  window  made  by  removing  one  of  the  logs  from 
the  side  of  the  building  gave  light  to  the  room.  Under  the 
window  was  a  writing  desk  made  of  one  wide  plank  that  was 
fastened  to  the  wall  at  an  angle  comfortable  for  writing.  The 
seat  at  the  desk,  as  well  as  all  the  others,  was  made  of  logs 
with  holes  bored  for  the  legs. 

A  shelf  on  the  wall  served  as  a  place  for  the  water 
bucket.  The  bucket  was  made  of  cedar  wood  with  brass  hoops.  Water  was  brought  twice  daily 
from  a  spring  located  about  1/2  mile  away.  A  tin  dipper  was  used  for  drinking.  The  teacher 
usually  drank  first  then  the  “scholars”  were  served. 

Children  were  allowed  to  start  to  school  at  the  age  of 
four.  The  length  of  the  term  was  from  mid  October  to  March. 

The  school  day  began  at  8:30  a.m.  and  ended  at  4:00  p.m. 

The  noon  recess  was  one  hour  long.  The  majority  of  the 
teachers  were  men  who  emphasized  reading,  ‘riting,  and 
‘rithmetic.  Geography,  history,  and  spelling  were  also 
taught.” 

The  original  log  school  was  replaced  around  1905  by  a 
one-room  frame  building  that  still  stands.  It  was  known  as 
the  “Little  Green  Schoolhouse.”  James  Tatum  has  restored 
and  painted  the  school  in  the  original  color  it  was  originally. 

During  the  years  1913-1914,  through  the  untiring  efforts 
of  the  people  of  the  community,  and  with  the  generous 
help  of  R.J.  Reynolds  of  Winston-Salem,  a  four-room 
brick  structure  was  erected.  For  the  first  time,  work 
beyond  the  elementary  grades  was  offered;  the  school 
now  being  known  as  Critz  High  School. 

The  first  commencement  exercises  were  held  in  a 
nearby  tobacco  warehouse  in  the  spring  of  1916.  There 
were  three  graduates,  Mabel  Tudor  Grogan 

(Valedictorian), 

Kate  Fulcher 
Gilbert  and  W.  P.  Fulton. 

In  1917  the  school  building  was  increased  to  twice 
its  original  size  with  an  auditorium  occupying  half  the 
lower  floor.  The  class  of  1918  was  the  first  to  graduate 
in  the  new  auditorium.  It  was  here  that  moving  pictures 
were  first  shown  at  Critz  with  B.  F.  Martin  and  R.  A. 
Hairfield  sponsoring  the  enterprise. 


One  Room  Structure 


First  Grade  School 


Grade  School  with  Auditorium 


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Girls  Dormitory 


As  the  school  developed  the  urgent  need  for 
a  dormitory  became  apparent.  During  1920  and 
1921  the  people  of  the  community,  assisted  by 
generous  outside  help,  constructed  a  four-story 
dormitory.  Students  from  Patrick  and  adjoining 
counties  as  well  as  other  sections  of  the  state 
were  attracted  by  the  boarding  facilities  offered 
here. 

Vocational  agriculture  was  added  to  the 
curriculum  in  1920.  Home  Economics  was  first 
offered  in  1921.  The  school  became  an 
accredited  four-year  high  school  during  the 
1921-22  session. 

The  phenomenal  growth  of  the  school  soon 
called  for  still  another  building;  Will  N.  and 
Walter  Reynolds  met  this  need  by  having 
erected  a  building  honoring  the  memory  of  their 
father,  Hardin  William  Reynolds.  The  first  or 
basement  floor  of  this  building  was  occupied  by 
the  Vocational  Agriculture  Department,  the 
second  floor,  an  auditorium  with  a  seating 
capacity  of  600;  the  third  floor  was  used  for  the 
boys’  dormitory  and  faculty  apartments.  When 
the  building  was  dedicated  in  April,  1927,  the  school  board  announced  that  the  school  would 
henceforth  be  known  as  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School. 

The  commercial  department  was  an  important  part  of  the  school  since  1927,  sending  out 
dozens  of  graduates  who  have  done  efficient 
work  in  the  varied  fields  of  business.  Will  N. 

Reynolds  provided  the  typewriters  and  other 
necessary  equipment  and  for  several  years  paid 
the  salary  of  the  instructor. 

The  next  addition  of  the  school  plant  was 
finished  in  1940.  This  building  had  four  high 
school  classrooms  and  the  school  library.  In  the 
basement  was  the  community  cannery, 
operated  under  the  supervision  of  the 
Department  of  Vocational  Agriculture,  which  was  a  great  asset. 

The  school  was  first  accredited  by  the  Southern  Association  of  Secondary  Schools  and 
Colleges  in  the  mid-thirties,  being  recognized  as  one  of  the  rural  schools  in  the  state. 


Auditorium 


High  School 


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Gymnasium 


In  June,  1950,  a  group  of  interested  citizens 
headed  by  Mrs.  N.  C.  Terry  made  a  visit  to 
Winston-Salem,  N.C.,  to  see  Mr.  Will  Reynolds 
in  regard  to  a  donation  on  a  gymnasium  for  the 
Hardin  Reynolds  High  School.  As  a  result,  he 
gave  $137,000.  The  plans  were  made  and  work 
started  immediately.  In  1952,  the  beautiful  gym 
was  ready  for  use.  This  was  the  only  real  gym  in 
Patrick  County.  It  was  not  only  a  great  asset  to 
Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School,  but  to  the 
entire  school  system. 

In  1958,  a  four-room  primary  building  was 
constructed  which  housed  the  first,  second,  and  third  grades. 

The  last  graduating  class  left  the  Hardin  Reynolds  School  in  June,  1970,  when  the  high 
school  was  transferred  to  the  new  Patrick  County  High  School  which  opened  in  September, 
1970. 

In  1972,  a  new  building  program  was 
begun.  The  old  elementary  building  and  the 
girls’  dormitory  were  removed  and  a  new 
elementary  addition  was  started. 

In  1972  the  boys’  dormitory  and  auditorium 
were  removed.  The  area  is  being  used  as  a 
paved  parking  lot. 

In  September,  1973,  the  new  addition  was  a 
reality.  This  addition  housed  the  kitchen, 
multipurpose  room,  clinic,  office,  library, 
teachers’  lounge,  and  classrooms.  In  1984- 
1985  School  Session  Patrick  Springs 

Elementary  School  and  HRMS  were  paired  with  grades  K-3  becoming  Patrick  Springs  Primary 
School.  Grades  4-7  are  now  served  at  Hardin  Reynolds. 


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Teachers  who  served  HRMS  from  the  beginning  records  to  1970 


Annette  Agee 
Lucy  Anthony 
Nannie  Sue  Anthony 
Robbie  Atkin 
Henry  Ayers 

Jessie  Mae  Ayers  Vernon 

Larry  Belcher 

Judy  Bowman 

Ethel  Brim 

Colleen  Collins 

Lillian  Cooper 

Nancy  Cooper 

Virginia  Darst 

Miss  Devans 

Pricilla  Diggs 

llene  East 

Marie  Foster 

F.  Fuller 

Ruth  Gilbert 

Vassar  Graham 

R.W.  Grizzard 

lone  Hagan 

Johnny  Halsey 

Eugene  Hardy 

Virginia  Harris  Hodges 

Franklin  Heath 

Mary  Emma  Howard 

Earl  Jarrell 

Jeanette  Kessler 

May  Lou  Lamb 

Carr  Leach 

Mary  A.  McHone 

Sandra  Martin 

Z.V.  Mason 

Pearl  Massey 

Ruth  Merkey 

Margaret  Mitchell 

Jessie  Morrison 

Leonard  Palmer 

Margery  Phipps 

James  W.  Price 

T.  Russell  Rea 

Louise  Reynolds 

Emily  Rickman 


Irene  Akers 
W.  H.  Anthony 
Fairy  Ayers 

Carolyn  Ayers  Harnsburger 

Jessie  Barnard 

Leslie  Bell 

Frances  Boaz 

Vivian  Bowman  Joyce 

Nelson  Brooks 

Barbara  Byers  Pendleton 

Glenn  Collins 

Carlyne  Cooper 

S.  P.  Cox 

Mary  Ella  Dehaven 

F.  S.  DeVault 

Herbert  Diggs 

Bili  Ehmann 

Edith  France 

Frances  Fuller 

Fred  Gilley 

Mabel  Griggs 

Mabel  Grogan 

Myrtle  Hairfield 

Zula  Hanby 

Thomas  Harper 

Richard  Hauser 

Mattie  Holland 

Mildred  Huddle 

Mary  Hannah  Jones 

Frances  Knight  Reynolds 

Audrey  W.  Law 

Leo  Lineberry 

Louise  Marion 

Sara  Martin 

May  McCabe 

Bruce  Midkiff 

Florence  Moore 

Mrs.  W.  E.  Morrison 

Mary  Ann  Patterson 

Herbert  Pilson 

Fred  Price 

Carol  Reaser 

Ivis  Reynolds 

Coyte  Riley 


Martha  Anthony 
Georgia  Arrington 
Ethel  Ayers 
Elva  Ayers  Shockley 
Lottie  Beasley 
J.  W.  Bittle 
Diona  Bowman 
Lila  Brady 
Pearl  Brown 
Florence  Caldwell 
Elizabeth  Clark 
Noel  Cook 
Margaret  Cooper 
Barbara  Church  Rakes 
Glenda  Delionback 
Audrey  Dickerson 
S.  H.  Dickerson 
R.  M.  Divers 
Kathryn  Fain 
Callie  Fuller 
Mary  Gates 
Jean  Gilley 
Janie  Gilliam 
Vergie  Goode 
Amanda  Grizzard 
Lola  Gwynn 
Louise  Hall 
Anna  Hanby 
Armand  Harrell 
Opaline  Hayes 
Essie  Hopkins 
Shirley  Inman 
Maggie  Davis  Joyce 
Mary  Ella  Knowles 
Betty  Mabry 
Chrystine  Marshall 
Madeline  Martin 
Erma  McKenzie 
Almeda  Mills 
Ethel  Moore  Frazier 
Jossie  Owens 
Paula  Pendleton 
Bo  Perkinson 
Charles  Price 


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Dana  Quesinberry  Benjamin  Wathan 

James  Wood 

Emily  Reed 

Gertrude  Wimbish 

Lula  Shelburne 

Martha  Reynolds 

Mammie  Zentmeyer 

Eva  Sheppard 

Ruth  Ritter 

Peggy  Rorrer 

Nancy  Slate 

Grace  Roberts 

Emiline  G.  Sharp 

R.  D.  Smart 

Martha  Ross 

Vera  Shelton 

Margaret  C.  Steagall 

Dallas  Robinson 

Calvin  Shockley 

Thomas  Eddie  Tatum 

Ruth  Rowell 

Ben  Shotwell 

Florence  Tatum 

Betty  Ruth  Shelor  Nancy  Slusher 

Thelma  Taylor  Smart 

Magdalene  Shockley  Ala  Dean  Smith 

Beulah  Thomas 

Virginia  Slate  Bingman  Mrs.  Eddie  R  Tatum 

G.  H.  Todd 

Ray  Smith 

Edna  Tatum 

Grace  Tudor 

Paul  T.  Swails 

Bee  Tatum 

Emily  Umbarger 

Thelma  Tatum 

Nannie  Ruth  Terry 

Pat  Vipperman 

N.  C.  Terry 

Winfred  Thurlow 

Margaret  Waller 

Madeline  Thomas  Maude  Tudor 

Bertha  Williams 

Ruth  Trent 

Mary  Ella  Turner 

Elva  Wyers 

Vergie  Tuggle 

Jane  F.  Via 

Eura  Yates 

Sallie  Via 

Jane  Waller  Cox 

Alene  Walker 

Clara  West 

Principals  who  served  HRMS 

Lillian  George  Cooper 

1918-1920 

Annie  Fulton 

1920-1921 

Carnet  B.  Cox 

1921-1923 

Ben  McCary 

1923-1925 

Carnet  B.  Cox 

1925-1929 

E.  C.  Croxton 

1929-1931 

L.  G.  Shelton 

1931-1936 

R.  S.  Gardner 

1936-1938 

Paul  Cox 

1938-1939 

R.  H.  Rickman 

1939-1946 

D.  J.  Horne 

1946-1949 

Carroll  Winborne  Woodroof 

1949-1955 

Juel  Turner 

1955-1959 

Glenn  Collins 

1959-1963 

James  Wood 

1963-1967 

Earl  Jarrell 

1967-1968 

Nathaniel  Terry 

1968-1979 

Larry  Belcher 

1979-1989 

Wendell  Smith 

1989-1997 

Ann  Adams  Fulcher 

1997-present 

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CATALOGUE 

Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School 
Session  1927-28 


HISTORICAL  SKETCH 


The  Critz  School  began  about  1890.  In  1905  a  one-room  structure  was  built.  During 
the  year  1913-14  with  the  generous  help  of  Mr.  R.J.  Reynolds  and  the  people  of  the 
community  a  four-room  brick  structure  was  built.  In  1917  this  building  was  increased 
to  twice  its  size.  During  1920-21  a  four-story  structure  was  constructed.  Critz  School 
obtained  rating  as  an  accredited  school  for  the  first  time  during  the  1921-22  session. 
The  new  dormitory  soon  became  filled  to  its  capacity  and  the  need  for  an  additional 
dormitory  became  apparent.  Mr.  William  N.  Reynolds  met  this  need  by  having  erect¬ 
ed  a  memorial  building  in  honor  of  his  father,  which  cost  about  $50,000.  The  first 
floor  of  this  building  was  occupied  by  the  Dept,  of  Agriculture.  The  second  floor  was 
an  auditorium  with  seating  capacity  of  800.  The  third  floor  was  used  for  boys’  dor¬ 
mitory  and  faculty  apartments. 

The  school  plant  was  considered  one  of  the  best  of  its  kind  in  the  state,  having  a  total 
valuation  of  buildings  and  grounds  of  more  than  $100,000. 

A  bronze  tablet  was  unveiled  on  April  23,  1927  in  the  new  building  in  honor  of  the 
late  Hardin  Williams  Reynolds.  It  was  on  that  day  that  the  School  Board  announced 
the  name  of  the  school  would  henceforth  be  known  as  the  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial 
School. 


DORMITORY  LIFE 

The  dormitory  management  proposes  to  make  life  there 
as  homelike  as  possible.  To  obtain  this  aim,  every  effort  is  set 
forth  to  bring  about  a  mutual  understanding  between  teach¬ 
ers,  pupils  and  matron.  Any  boy  or  girl  is  welcome  to  ask 
advice  of  the  matron  to  assist  in  adjustment  to  this  type  of 
school  life.  The  teachers  who  are  in  the  dormitories  exercise 
a  wholesome  influence  upon  the  young  life  to  direct  it  toward 
self-improvement.  Various  forms  of  amusement  and  recre¬ 
ation  will  be  provided  at  times  to  develop  the  cultural  and 
social  nature  of  the  pupil. 

COURSE  OF  STUDY 

Sixteen  units  are  required  of  all  students  for  graduation. 
A  unit  being  a  course  which  meets  at  five  forty-minute  peri¬ 
ods  per  week  for  a  period  of  thirty-six  weeks. 

The  units  are  distributed  as  follows: 

Constants  Required  of  All  Students  to  Graduate 


English . . . . .  4  units 

Human  Biology - - -  1  unit 

U.S.  History-  - . . . . .  1  unit 

Problems  of  American  Democracy  and  Civics -  1  unit 

Algebra . . . - . .  |  unit 

Plain  Geometry . . . .  1  unit 

Health  Studies  and  Activities - - 

Total  Required . . - . .  9  units 

Vocational  Subjects  —  (Optional) 


a —  Agriculture  1,  II,  III,  IV,  each  counts  1-1/2  units.  Class 
instruction.  Farm  Shop  Work,  Home  Project  Work.  (2 
years  required  to  get  credit.) 

b —  Home  Economics — Class  Instruction,  Cooking,  Sewing, 
Household  Management. 

c —  Commercial  Training — Typewriting,  Bookkeeping, 
Stenography,  Commercial  Arithmetic. 

Elective  Courses 

History — Early  European — Modern  European. 
Mathematics — Algebra  II — Solid  Geometry. 

French — I,  II  (2  years  required  for  credit). 

Latin — I,  II  (2  years  required  for  credit). 

Chemistry—  I. 


EXPENSES 

There  will  be  no  tuition  charges  to  pupils  of  this  county. 
Pupils  outside  of  the  county  desiring  to  enter  should  confer 
with  the  principal  or  local  trustee. 

Board  and  room  in  the  dormitories  will  be  $14  per 
month.  The  rooms  are  supplied  with  iron  beds,  mattresses, 
pillows,  dresser  and  washstand.  Bed  linen,  towels,  covers, 
etc.,  are  to  be  furnished  by  the  pupil. 

Pupils  must  keep  their  own  rooms,  sleeping  quarters,  hall 
and  stairway  clean  at  all  times.  Rooms  will  be  inspected  daily. 


ONE  MORE  WORD 

It  is  very  difficult  to  convey  by  means  of  a  school  publi¬ 
cation  the  information  an  interested  patron  or  a  prospective 
student  desires  to  have.  So  the  faculty  and  school  board 
extend  a  cordial  invitation  to  the  people  of  this  section  to 
come  and  visit  your  school,  and  find  out  for  yourself  what  is 
has  in  store  for  you. 

Critz  is  a  rural  community  and  the  Hardin  Reynolds 
Memorial  School  is  a  rural  school;  its  purpose  is  to  make 
rural  life  more  attractive,  more  pleasant,  and  more  profitable 
so  as  to  prevent  the  drifting  of  the  younger  generation  away 
to  the  city  in  search  of  vain  pleasures.  Rural  life  was  at  one 
time  the  only  life,  then  it  was  attractive,  but  now  in  this  com¬ 
plex  age  of  society  the  country  seems  somehow  to  have  lost 
its  charm  and  loosened  its  grasp  on  the  young  life.  It  can  yet 
be  the  most  attractive  form  of  life  if  fully  appreciated.  If  this 
is  ever  to  be  restored  it  must  be  brought  about  through  the 
schools.  The  school  must  furnish  the  magnetism  which  will 
attract  the  pupil’s  interest  in  and  appreciation  of  the  bound¬ 
less  resources  and  unheralded  beauties  of  Nature. 

If  the  boys  and  girls  who  attend  this  school  acquire  what 
is  intended  for  them  to  acquire  they  will  be  in  better  position 
to  appreciate  home  life  in  the  country  where  the  richest  of  all 
Nature’s  blessings  have  been  bestowed. 

For  any  further  information  address  the  Principal,  or  best 
of  all  come  and  pay  the  school  a  visit. 

School  will  open  Monday,  September  19,  1927. 


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Minnie  Ayers  Burnette 
Josie  Duncan  Summers* 
Bessie  Tatum* 

Harry  Tudor* 

Posey  Tudor* 


Class  of  1 922 

Sallie  Cooper  Via* 
Julia  Bryant  Hylton* 
Eva  Sheppard* 

B.W.  Via* 


Class  of  1923 


K  ■  ~~-w-  -  ■ 

Front  Row:  Bill  Ayers,  Frank  Cooper  and  Charlie 
Sheppard 

Back  Row:  Russell  Joyce,  Marshall  Via,  Harold 
Hundley  and  Edgar  Joyce 


The  only  class  member  known  to  be  liv¬ 
ing  is  Charlie  Sheppard.  When  asked 
about  his  memories  of  attending  Critz 
High  School,  he  said,  “That’s  been  78 
years,  I  don’t  remember  much  about  it.” 


Maggie  Joyce  Davis* 
Mabel  Griggs* 

Georgia  Martin  Sheppard* 
W.J.  (Bill)  Ayers* 

Edgar  T.  Joyce* 

Homer  Spencer* 


Russell  Joyce  and  Marshall  Via 


Frank  Cooper  and  Charlie  Sheppard 


Carlyne  Reynolds  Cooper* 
Mildred  Hundley  Brown 
Christine  Critz  Ayers* 

B.  Frank  Cooper* 

Charles  J.  Sheppard 


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Class  of  1 924 


Mary  Tudor  Hill* 

Irene  Martin  Wopinsky 
Marshall  N.  Via* 
Shelton  Clark* 

Lee  Wood* 

Russell  A.  Joyce* 


Thelma  Tatum  Ross* 
Emma  Lou  Via  Thacker 
Leath  Penn* 

Harold  S.  Hundley 
E.  Frank  Murphy* 
Raymond  C.  Spencer* 


It  was  thought  that  Harold  S.  Hundley  is  still  living,  but  when  a  letter  was  mailed  to  his  last  known  address, 
there  was  no  reply. 


Basketball  Team  -  1924 

Lft.  to  rt. :  Eldean  Martin,  Lucy  Boaz,  Irene  Martin,  Leona 
Hundley,  Julia  Cooper,  Hallie  Duncan,  Myrtle  Hundley 


Basketball  Team  -  1924 

1st  Row.:  Hassell  Flippin,  Russel  Joyce,  Marshall  Via 
2nd  Row:  Harold  Hundley,  Ted  Rea,  Ben  McCary, 
Principal,  Elmer  Sheppard,  unidentified. 


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Class  of  1925 


1st  Row:  Grace  Epperson,  Myrtle  Vernon,  Principal  Ben  McCary,  Christie  Jones,  Clark  Ayers 

2nd  Row:  Kester  Grogan,  ?  Poindexter,  ?  Poindexter  (twins),  Bill  Clark 

3rd.  Row:  Elmer  Sheppard,  Eva  Hudnall,  Theodore  Puckett,  Ethel  Vernon,  C.L.  Via 

Carita  Ross  Gravely,  the  only  living  member  of  the  Class  of  1925,  was  not  able  to  write  about  her  memories. 


Eva  Irene  Hudnall* 
Christie  Jones  Powers* 
Carita  Ross  Gravely 
Elmer  Sheppard* 

Myrtle  Vernon* 


Billy  Clark* 

C.  L.  Via* 

Ethel  Vernon  Taylor* 
Grace  Epperson  Pedigo* 
Annie  Ross  Tatum* 


Theodore  Puckett* 
Kester  Grogan* 
Clark  Ayers* 
Robert  Gilliam* 


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Class  of  1926 


Ruby  Martin  Steefle* 

Lillian  Sheppard  Foley* 
Martha  Anthony 
Demris  Grogan  Spencer 
Gertrude  E.  Knight* 

Lucy  Boaz  Nance* 

Ruby  Critz  Tatum* 

Marvin  Foster* 

Harold  L.  Griggs* 

Julia  Cooper  Foster* 

Nannie  Sue  Anthony* 

Lucille  Hundley  Washburn* 
Edna  Tatum  Peterson* 

Zula  Elgin  Baliles 
Lucy  Rhodes  Flippin* 

Arthur  L.  Tudor* 

Floyd  P.  Trent* 

Eddie  P.  Atkinson 

1st  Row:  Harold  Griggs,  Lucy  Boaz,  Raymond  Tatum,  Ruby  Critz,  Floyd  Trent 

2nd  Row:  Demris  Grogan,  Edna  Tatum,  Marvin  Foster,  Nannie  Sue  Anthony,  Elva  Ayers,  teacher 

3rd  Row:  Mildred  Epperson,  Julia  Cooper,  Dee  McCary,  Lillian  Sheppard,  Martha  Anthony 

The  1926  graduating  class  was  composed  of  18  young  people  who  were  closely  knit  and  loyal.  We  were  a  jolly 
group  that  knew  how  to  have  fun.  Our  class  motto,  “Climb  though  the  rocks  be  rugged,"  has  served  as  a  source 
of  encouragement  throughout  my  life.  This  has  been  written  with  precious  memories  of  Critz  High  School. 

Demris  Grogan  Spencer 


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Class  of  1927 


Mary  Alice  Clark* 

Eldean  Martin  Carter* 
Martha  Hall  Dupree 
Ethel  Wray  Spencer 
Helen  Patterson  Welch 
Gladys  Mills  Owens 
Marie  Tatum  Clark* 

No  picture  for 
The  person  contacted  became  ill  and 


Mary  Cooper  Trent* 

Nancy  Critz  Legge* 

Frances  Fulcher  Hylton* 

Eva  Rhodes  Stone 
Sue  Critz  Stuphin 
Lena  Mills  Cook 
Elzia  King  Via* 

Class  of  1927 

;  unable  to  write  about  her  memoires. 


1st  Row:  Principal  Ben  McCary,  Irene  Goode,  Lula  Shelburne,  Audrey  Dickerson,  Garnet  H.  Todd 
2nd  Row:  Elva  Ayers,  Ladye  Clark,  unidentified,  unidentified,  unidentified. 


1st  Row:  Grace  Roberts,  May  McCabe,  Garnet  Todd,  Principal  Carnet  B.  Cox,  Bo  Perkinson,  Elva  Ayers 
2nd  Row:  Irene  Akers,  Janie  Gilliam,  Lula  Shelburne,  Maggie  Joyce,  Sallie  Cooper,  unidentified,  Pearl  Brown 


Critz  High  School  Faculty  -  sometime  in  the  20”s 


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Class  of  1928 


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1st  Row:  Unidentified,  Bo  Perkinson,  teacher,  unidentified,  Dorothy  Hundley,  Irene  Palmer, 
Princiapal  Carnet  B.  Cox,  Lillian  Gilley 

2nd  Row:  Clarence  Clanton,  Richard  Spencer,  Ida  Purcell,  Carrie  Rangeley,  Hazel  Boaz, 

Raymond  Tatum,  Willie  Vernon 

3rd  Row:  Russell  Helms,  Beatrice  Tatum,  Cary  Ayers 

No  response  from  the  person  contacted  by  mail. 


Lillian  Gilley  Purcell* 
Dorothy  Hundley  Smith 
Irene  Palmer  Trent* 

Fay  Cox  Ashley 
Hazel  Boaz  Harbour* 
Richard  Spencer 
Cary  G.  Ayers* 
Clarence  L.  Clanton* 


Ida  Purcell  Boaz* 
Beatrice  Tatum  Miles* 
Grace  Gilliam  Gardner 
Carrie  Rangely* 
Russell  Helms* 

Willie  Vernon* 
Raymond  S.  Tatum* 


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1st  Row:  Lucille  Ayers,  Pattie  Nowlin,  Ida  Sue  Tatum,  Don  Trent,  Walter  Moore,  Eunice  Shelton,  Lee  Ellis, 
Lena  Joyce 

2nd  Row:  Marshall  Brown,  Virginia  Hiatt,  Madge  Via,  Wade  Gilley,  Mary  Sue  Wood,  Cecil  Spencer 
3rd  Row:  James  Dunkley,  Irene  Cox,  Katie  Freeman,  Buford  Tudor,  Bee  Tatum,  Hattie  Sue  Clark,  Troy  Carter 
4th  Row:  Nancy  Shelton,  Richard  Clark,  Myrtle  Shelton,  Edith  Reynolds,  Elmer  Tudor,  Lettie  Tatum 
5th  Row:  Principal  Carnet  B.  Cox 


There  were  28  members  of  the  1929  graduating  class,  though  we  began  with  29.  Alonza  Spangler 
dropped  out  because  of  illness.  At  the  present  time  only  three  are  known  by  the  alumni  secretary 
to  be  living:  Hattie  Sue  Clark,  Lettie  Tatum  Adams,  and  Cecil  Spencer.  At  graduation  exercises, 
Hattie  Sue  was  recognized  for  not  having  missed  a  day  of  school  since  entering  the  first  grade. 
Cecil  gave  the  valedictory  address.  Cecil  Spencer 


Cecil  Spencer 
Hattie  Sue  Clark 
Katie  Freeman  Coleman 
Edith  Reynolds  Cooper* 
Lena  Joyce  Gregory* 
Myrtle  Shelton  Trent* 
Eunice  Shelton  Boyd* 
Rachel  Tatum* 

Madge  Via  Patterson* 
Durward  Barbour* 
Richard  Clark* 

Lee  M.  Ellis* 

Gordon  Lee  Trent* 

Elmer  S.  Tudor* 


James  Dunkley* 

Lucille  Ayers  Spencer* 
Irene  Cox  Dunkley* 

Mary  Gilley  Hylton* 
Virginia  Hiatt* 

Pattie  Nowlin  Sheppard* 
Nancy  Shelton  Tatum* 
Lettie  Tatum  Adams 
Ida  Sue  Tatum* 

Mary  Sue  Wood  Weaver 
Marshall  Brown* 

Troy  Carter* 

Walter  M.  Moore* 

Buford  Tudor 


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Faculty  and  Students  in  the  1920s 


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Teachers  in  the  30s 


Edna  Tatum,  Bee  Tatum,  Margaret  Waller,  Florence  Tatum,  Myrtle  Hairfield,  Margaret  Cooper,  Elva  Shockley 


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Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School  Alumni  Association 

Organized  June  1927 
by  Carnet  B.  Cox 

*Members  deceased  as  of  July  2001 
Associate  Members 


Mabel  Tudor  Grogan* 
Mollie  Tudor* 

Blair  Clark* 

Ruth  Tatum  Critz* 


Ruth  Cooper  Via* 
Maude  Tudor* 
W.P.  Fulton* 
Myrtle  Hairfield* 


School  Bus  in  the  1930s 

Driver  Don  Trent 


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The  Pioneer 


VOLUME  1. 

CRITZ,  VA.,  DECEMBER,  1929. 

NUMBER  1. 

THE  PIONEER 


Published  by  the  students  of  Hardin  Reynolds 
Memorial  School. 


Subscription  Rates  .  50c  per  school  year 

Advertising  Rates  furnished  upon  request. 


THE  STAFF 

Editor-in-chief  . . . .  Elizabeth  Hundley 

Associate  Editor-in-chief  . .  Elizabeth  Boaz 

Social  Editor  .  Nannie  R.  Cooper 

Alumni  Editor  . . .  Martha  Turner 

Exchange  Editor  ...  _ _ _  Agnes  Vernon 

Jokes  Editor  .  .  Richard  Martin 


BUSINESS  STAFF 
Business  Managers 

Taft  Carter,  Conner  Plaster  and  Murray  Via 


REPORTERS 

Girls’  Athletics  . 

Boys’  Athletics  . . . 

Junior  League  . . . 

Local  News  . . 

Home  Economics  . 

Agriculture  . . 

Commercial  . 

The  Grades  . 

Seniors  . 

Juniors  . . 

Sophomores  . . . . . 

Freshmen  . 


.  Margaret  Cooper 

.  Robert  Trent 

...  Frances  Shelton 

.  Murray  Via 

.  Allene  Turner 

.  Harley  Trull 

.  Cecil  Spencer 

.  Vera  Biggs 

Josephine  Grogan 

. .  Era  Stovall 

Katherine  Cooper 
.  Clara  Pruitt 


EDITORIAL 

The  value  of  a  school  paper  should  be  clear  to 
everyone.  We  need  some  method  through  which  to 
tell  other  people  of  the  activities  of  our  school.  All 
business  organizations,  clubs,  and  societies  have 
some  special  method  through  which  to  publish  their 
activities.  The  school  being  the  most  important 
organization  of  organizations,  too,  should  have  an 
official  advertising  organ,  if  it  gets  the  advertise¬ 
ment  which  is  essential  to  all  enterprizes,  in  this 
fast  progressing  age.  Man^  people  do  not  approve 
Oi  the  latest  methods  of  education.  Who  can  right 
that  wrong  way  of  thinking  better  than  the  stu¬ 
dents  themselves?  The  school  paper  is  one  of  the 
best  ways  to  do  this.  It  will  be  carried  into  everv 
home.  The  parents  can  learn  what  the  school  is 
doing  for  their  children  and  what  their  children  are 
doing  towards  making  the  school  a  better  unit.  The 
alumni  will  also  be  interested  in  their  alma  mater 
and  what  it  is  doing;  also  the  profession  of  some 
of  their  old  schoolmates. 


The  school  paper  offers  self-expression  to  the 
literary  students.  Each  member  of  the  staff  will 
have  valuable  training  in  journalism.  Newspaper 
work  is  one  of  the  largest  enterprises.  Students 
who  have  had  experience  in  school,  will  stand  a  bet¬ 
ter  chance  of  success  in  later  life,  if  they  choose 
to  enter  upon  a  journalistic  career.  Thus  the  paper 
may  help  to  point  out  to  some  student  the  business 
in  which  he  would  be  a  success. 

The  school  paper  will  develop  initiative  in  stu¬ 
dents,  stimulate  interest  and  draw  the  attention  of 
other  schools  to  us.  The  other  schools  will  try  to 
keep  pace,  thus  causing  friendly  rivalry  which  al¬ 
ways  causes  more  interest  and  makes  everyone  do 
his  very  best.  This  is  helpful  to  both  school  and 
pupil. 

Most  people  read  papers  and  magazines.  This  is 
a  good  habit,  and  I  am  sure  everyone  would  be  in¬ 
terested  in  his  or  her  local  school  paper.  The  ac¬ 
tivities  of  the  young  people  of  our  country  are  more 
important  than  all  the  murder  trials  and  divorce 
cases  in  history. 

Some  of  our  greatest  writers  had  their  first  ex¬ 
perience  in  school  publication.  They  liked  it,  and 
chose  it  as  their  profession.  Here  the  paper  helped 
them  to  decide  upon  a  career,  one  of  the  greatest 
problems  a  student  has  to  face. 

Therefore,  the  purpose  of  our  little  paper  is  to 
help  the  students  in  self-expression,  keep  the 
Alumni  interested  in  the  school,  draw  the  attention 
of  other  schools  to  us,  let  the  parents  know  what 
the  school  is  doing  for  their  children,  and  maybe  it 
will  help  someone  to  decide  upon  a  journalistic 
career. 

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HOME  ECONOMICS 

The  Home  Economics  Class  of  H.  R.  M.  School 
has  organized,  electing  their  officers  as  follows: 

President — Jean  Fulcher. 

Vice  President — Clara  Pruitt. 

Secretary — Helen  Taylor. 

Treasurer — Katherine  Cooper. 

Reporter — Allene  Turner. 

Class  Advisor — Miss  Wilson. 

Recently  the  home  economics  girls  served  re¬ 
freshments  at  a  dance  given  by  the  Athletic  Asso¬ 
ciation.  The  proceeds  from  the  refreshments 
amounted  to  $16.00. 

Dec.  10,  1929,  the  Home  Economics  Department 
will  assist  the  Agriculture  Department  in  prepar¬ 
ing  and  serving  their  annual  Father  and  Son  Ban¬ 
quet.  This  is  one  of  the  features  of  the  year  that  is 
always  enjoyed  by  every  one  present. 


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GIRLS’  ATHLETICS 

Three  cheers  for  the  H.  R.  M.  S.  basketball 
girls ! ! ! 

For  the  first  time  in  the  history  of  the  school, 
he  H.  R.  M.  S.  girls  are  allowed  to  enter  inter- 
scholastic  basketball  games.  They  are  now  play¬ 
ing  for  a  silver  loving  cup  offered  by  the  county. 

It  was  a  very  difficult  task  to  get  the  basket¬ 
ball  team  organized,  because  the  greater  part  of 
the  girls  knew  nothing  whatever  of  the  game.  How¬ 
ever,  we  were  eager  to  learn  and  although  we  made 
many  mistakes,  Mr.  Marshall  Via,  our  coach,  was 
very  patient  with  us. 

Our  first  contest  game  was  played  with  Red 
Bank  on  the  Red  Bank  Court.  The  girls  had  a  long 
ride  in  a  truck  and  were  not  in  very  high  spirits 
at  the  beginning  of  the  game.  When  the  whistle 
blew  of  course  we  felt  “shaky,”  this  being  our  first 
game.  This  was  an  exciting  game,  the  score  being 
a  tie  all  the  way  through.  With  Nannie  Ruth  Cooper 
and  Mira  Carter  as  our  guards,  it  was  impossible  for 
the  Red  Bank  forwards  to  roll  the  score  on  us.  We 
feel  sure  we  would  have  made  more  scores  but  for 
'he  lack  of  team  work  on  the  part  of  the  forwards, 
Margaret  Cooper  and  Madeline  Martin,  this  being 
their  first  time  to  play  together.  Hope  Fulcher, 
“The  Tall,”  and  Catherine  Cooper,  “Shorty,”  playing 
in  the  center,  it  kept  the  Critz  forwards  very  busy. 
When  the  final  whistle  blew  the  score  was  Red  Bank 
10,  H.  R.  M.  S.  12. 

The  next  game  our  girls  played  was  with  Blue 
Ridge  Mission  School  on  our  court.  When  the  whis¬ 
tle  blew  we  were  all  in  high  spirits  and  ready  for 
play.  Our  team  did  excellent  pass  work  all  during 
the  game.  With  B.  R.  M.  S.’s  good  playing  they 
were  unable  to  overcome  the  H.  R.  M.  S.  girls.  The 
ball  stayed  at  our  goal  most  of  the  time.  Our  for¬ 
wards,  Margaret  Cooper  and  Madeline  Martin,  did 
not  lose  any  time  rolling  up  the  score.  Both  teams 
showed  good  school  spirit  and  sportsmanship  all 
through  the  game.  Buffalo  had  splendid  pass  work 
but  was  unable  to  make  the  goals.  This  was  a  hard- 
fought  game.  When  the  game  was  up,  the  score 
was  B.  R.  M.  S.  7,  H.  R.  M.  S.  21. 

Hurrah!  The  girls  win  their  third  game!!!  We 
played  our  third  game  with  Central  Academy,  on 
their  court.  This  was  a  hard-fought  game.  The 
court  being  slick  and  muddy,  it  was  hard  for  us  to 
stand  up,  but  this  did  not  hinder  the  H.  R.  M.  S. 
girls.  Both  teams  proved  to  be  good  sports.  At  the 
end  of  the  first  quarter,  C.  A.  was  ahead,  but  H.  R. 
M.  S.  soon  put  a  stop  to  this.  We  gritted  our  teeth 
and  jumped  into  the  game,  determined  to  win.  When 
the  whistle  blew  H.  R.  M.  S.  was  eleven  points 
ahead. 

Last,  but  not  least,  'comes  our  fourth  contest 
game.  This  was  played  against  Stuart  on  Stuart’s 
court.  This  was  more  of  a  rough  and  tumble  fight 
than  a  basketball  game.  Roughness  on  the  part  of 
the  Stuart  team  caused  the  H.  R.  M.  S.  team  to  go 
down  in  defeat.  Although  the  H.  R.  M.  S.  girls 
were  not  as  heavy  and  rough  as  the  Stuart  girls, 
they  played  a  hard  game  until  the  last.  When  the 
final  whistle  blew,  Stuart  had  rolled  the  score  on 
the  H.  R.  M.  S.  girls,  winning  by  six  points. 


Half  of  our  scheduled  games  have  been  played 
before  the  tournament. 

I  am  sure  that  we  feel  very  grateful  for  the  time 
and  hard  work  that  has  been  given  us  in  order  that 
we  might  have  a  basketball  team.  I  am  afraid  that 
we  could  never  have  had  the  courage  to  start  a 
team  if  it  had  not  been  for  the  hearty  support  that 
has  been  given  us  by  our  teachers,  schoolmates,  the 
people  of  the  community,  our  directors,  and  our 
coach. 

The  H.  R.  M.  S.  players  are  as  follows:  Mar¬ 
garet  Cooper,  Nannie  Ruth  Cooper,  Catherine 
Cooper,  Madeline  Martin,  Annie  B.  Anthony,  Hope 
Fulcher,  Elizabeth  Layman,  Jene  Fulcher,  Mira 
Carter,  Nellie  Taylor  and  Elizabeth  Hundley. 

Captain — Margaret  Cooper. 

Manager — Madeline  Martin. 

Director — Miss  Sallie  Cooper. 

Coach — Mr.  Marshall  Via. 

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BOYS’  BASKETBALL 

On  September  13th,  our  boys  of  Hardin  Reynolds 
Memorial  School  began  practicing  basketball  for  the 
season.  After  several  days’  practice  we  realized 
that  we  had  better  material  than  ever  before. 

Twenty  boys  reported  for  practice  the  first  day. 

After  two  weeks’  practice  the  following  players 
were  chosen :  Taft  Carter,  Robert  Trent,  Robert 
Critz,  Bill  Woods,  John  Fulcher,  Clyde  Sheppard, 
Harley  Trull,  Amos  Spencer,  James  Taylor,  Richard 
Martin  and  John  Cox. 

The  Patrick  County  basketball  teams  are  playing 
in  a  silver  cup  contset,  all  games  of  which  are 
scheduled  by  the  County  Athletic  Association.  Our 
team  has  played  the  following  games: 

Red  Bank  9,  H.  R.  M.  S.  29. 

Buffalo  Ridge  (game  forfeited  by  Buffalo). 

Central  Academy  23,  H.  R.  M.  S.  35. 

Stuart  H.  S.  29,  H.  R.  M.  S.  41. 

We  have  played  half  the  games  scheduled  to  be 
played  before  the  tournament.  Hardin  Reynolds 
Memorial  School  has  the  highest  percentage  of  all 
the  teams  in  the  contest,  not  having  lost  a  game. 
Stuart  ranks  second,  having  lost  only  one  game. 

ALUMNI 

Misses  Nannie  Sue  and  Martha  Anthony,  who 
are  attending  school  at  the  Farmville  State  Teach¬ 
ers’  College,  visited  their  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  A. 
A.  Anthony  at  Stilla  during  the  Thanksgiving  holi¬ 
days. 

#  *  * 

Bufard  Tudor  of  V.  P.  I.  spent  the  week-end  with 
his  parents  at  Critz. 

*  *  * 
t 

Misses  Maggie  Joyce  and  Sallie  Cooper  attended 
their  Harrisonburg  Alumnae  Banquet  given  in  Hotel 
Richmond,  Richmond,  Virginia,  Wednesday  evening, 
November  27. 

*  *  * 

Marshall  N.  Via  of  Critz  attended  the  V.  M.  I.- 
V.  P.  I.  football  game  at  Roanoke  Thanksgiving. 

*  *  * 

Richard  Spencer  of  Martinsville  was  the  week¬ 
end  guest  of  his  parents,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  George 
Spencer,  here. 


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SENIORS 

There  being  only  half  as  many  Seniors  in  the 
class  of  1930  as  in  class  of  1929  (which  was  28), 
we  aim  to  accomplish  just  as  much,  if  not  more  than 
they  did. 

Our  officers  elected  for  the  class  are  as  follows: 

Nannie  Ruth  Cooper — president. 

Elizabeth  Hundley — Secretary  and  Treasurer. 

Frances  Shelton — Reporter. 

This  year  the  Seniors  have  decided  to  standard¬ 
ize  the  school  ring.  We  chose  as  our  class  ring,  a 
•  ing  which  has  in  the  center  the  head  of  the  man 
for  whom  this  school  is  named,  Mr.  Hardin  Reyn¬ 
olds.  This  is  the  first  standard  ring  of  our  class. 

We,  the  Seniors,  are  doing  all  we  can,  working 
together  with  the  Junior  League,  to  beautify  our 
campus  and  to  erect  markers  at  the  entrances  of 
our  school  grounds. 

JUNIORS 

On  Friday  morning,  November  22,  the  Junior 
class  of  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School  met  to 
organize  their  class  and  elect  officers  for  the  en¬ 
suing  year.  The  following  officers  were  elected: 

President — Louise  Marion. 

Secretary  and  Treasurer — Eva  Stovall. 

Poet — Elsie  Tudor. 

Reporter — Madeline  Martin. 

The  chief  aims  of  the  Junior  class  for  the  year 
are:  To  raise  money  for  the  purpose  of  erecting 
markers  at  the  corner  of  the  campus;  to  correspond 
with  some  of  the  modern  living  in  order  to  make  our 
American  literature  a  more  interesting  subject;  to 
cope  with  the  standards  of  the  Junior  League. 

The  Junior  class  is  the  largest  in  school,  and  one 
of  the  largest  in  the  history  of  the  school.  The  total 
enrollment  to  date  is  thirty  students.  It  is  now 
planning  on  some  wonderful  work  during  the  com¬ 
ing  year. 

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SOPHOMORES 

The  Sophomores  have  elected  the  following  offi¬ 
cers  for  this  year: 

President — Jean  Fulcher. 

Secretary — Hope  Fulcher. 

Treasurer — Frances  Fulcher. 

Class  Poet — Ivan  Bryant. 

Reporter — Katherine  Cooper. 

Faculty  Sponsor — Miss  Sallie  Cooper. 

The  Sophomores  agreed  to  subscribe  for  “The 
Literary  Digest”  for  the  school  library  for  this  year. 

THE  FRESHMAN  CLASS 

The  Freshman  class  of  Hardin  Reynolds  Memo¬ 
rial  School  was  organized  on  November  22.  The 
following  officers  were  elected: 

President — Page  Shelton. 

Vice  President — Helen  Taylor. 

Secretary — Mary  Drue  Anthony. 

Treasurer — Virginia  Moorefield. 

Reporter — Clara  Pruitt. 

Our  chief  aim  is  to  work  along  with  the  other 
three  classes  in  helping  to  place  the  four  markers 
at  the  entrances  of  our  school  grounds,  and  also  to 
improve  the  grounds.  Reporter. 

Clara  Pruitt. 


COMMERCIAL  DEPARTMENT 

The  commercial  course,  which  was  first  intro¬ 
duced  in  the  1927-28  session,  was  made  possible  by 
the  gift  of  eight  new  Underwood  typewriters  by  Mr 
W.  N.  Reynolds,  of  Winston-Salem,  and  by  the  un¬ 
tiring  efforts  of  our  former  principal,  Mr.  C.  B.  Cox, 
Mr.  J.  B.  Via,  Mr.  B.  F.  Martin,  and  other  inter¬ 
ested  patrons.  Eight  post-graduates  returned  that 
year  to  enter  this  department,  and  with  a  large 
number  of  students  from  the  Senior  class  a  credit¬ 
able  beginning  was  made. 

The  session  of  1928-29  began  auspiciously  and 
two  post-graduates,  Miss  Emma  Lou  Via  and  Elza 
Via  finished  the  two-year  course,  winning  medals 
and  certificates  in  Penmanship,  Bookkeeping  and 
Typewriting. 

The  present  class  is  not  as  large  as  previous 
classes  but  is  making  rapid  progress.  An  idea', 
class  would  be  formed  each  year  from  the  Junior 
Class  thus  permitting  each  student  to  take  a  full 
course  in  Shorthand,  Typewriting  and  Bookkeeping 
in  the  last  two  years  of  high  school,  and  this  is  the 
object  for  which  we  are  working.  We  also  need 
more  equipment  and  larger  classrooms. 

Cecil  Spencer. 

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AGRICULTURE  DEPARTMENT 

The  Agriculture  Department  of  the  Hardin 
Reynolds  Memorial  School  has  a  larger  enrollment 
this  year  than  it  had  during  last  session. 

The  boys  met  and  organized  their  F.  F.  V.  chap¬ 
ter  and  elected  officers  for  the  following  year.  The 
officers  elected  are  as  follows: 

Conner  Plaster — President. 

Richard  Martin — Vice  President. 

Amos  Spencer — Secretary. 

Carson  Pratt — Treasurer. 

Ivan  Bryant — Reporter. 

Mr.  G.  H.  Todd — Adviser. 

The  objects  of  the  organization  are:  (1)  To  have 
a  better  chapter,  (2)  develop  a  better  judging  team, 
(3)  raise  the  rank  of  department,  (4)  organize  thrift 
bank. 

Some  of  the  State  objectives  are:  (1)  Make  the 
department  serve  the  community  better,  and  have  a 
better  department,  (2)  a  thrift  bank  with  one  hun¬ 
dred  (100)  per  cent  of  membership  with  savings 
account,  (3)  form  tour  for  the  chapter,  (4)  hold 
a  father  and  son  banquet,  and  engage  in  co-opera¬ 
tive  buying  and  selling. 

The  F.  F.  V.’s  are  trying  to  meet  all  requirements; 
they  have  the  father  and  son ‘banquet  December  the 
tenth. 

- o - — 

JUNIOR  LEAGUE 

The  Junior  League  was  organized  in  October. 
The  following  officers  were  elected: 

President — Nannie  Ruth  Cooper. 

Vice  President — John  Fulcher. 

Secretary — Jean  Fulcher. 

Treasurer — Andrew  Craddock. 

Reporter — Frances  Shelton. 

Faculty  Advisor — Miss  Sallie  Cooper. 

The  constitution  of  our  league  was  written  by 
the  pupils  of  Miss  Joyce’s  Civics  class. 


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Our  Junior  League  song  was  composed  by  Mrs. 
E.  C.  Croxton. 

The  work  of  the  league  for  the  year  is  as  fol¬ 
lows: 

First — To  complete  the  cement  walk  for  the  cam¬ 
pus. 

Second — To  erect  markers  at  each  end  of  the 
driveway. 

Third — To  sponsor  a  school  paper. 

Fourth— To  make  H.  R.  M.  S.  pupils  100  per  cent 
five-pointers. 

Fifth — To  meet  the  requirements  for  a  banner 
league. 

Mrs.  R.  A.  Hairfield,  Misses  Maggie  Joyce  and 
Sallie  Cooper  attended  the  meeting  of  the  Co-opera¬ 
tive  Education  Association  of  Virginia  at  Richmond 
Thanksgiving  week  as  delegates  from  the  Critz  Jun¬ 
ior  Leagues.  Signed, 

Frances  Shelton, 

Reporter  of  Junior  League. 


- o - 

JUNIOR  LEAGUE  OF  THE  GRADES 
DEPARTMENT 

Thursday  afternoon,  Nov.  21,  the  Junior  League 
of  the  grades  department  of  H.  R.  M.  S.  met  in  the 
auditorium.  The  meeting  was  called  to  order  by 
the  president,  Thomas  Tjqent.  The  following  pro¬ 
gram  was  rendered  : 

Bible  Reading  and  Prayer. 

Minutes  of  last  meeting  were  read  by  Irene 
Grogan. 

Poem — The  Landing  of  the  Pilgrim  Fathers— 
Billie  Shelton. 

Poem — There  Are  Loyal  Hearts — Annie  Sue  Brim. 

Friends — Moir  Palmer  and  Clayton  Boaz. 

Song — Fifth  Grade. 

Beginning  of  Thanksgiving — Jean  Gilley. 

Story— The  Thanksgiving  Turkey — Ben  Cooper. 

Song — First  Grade. 

The  Boy  After  Thanksgiving— Roy  Brown. 

Jane  Jones — Julia  Trent. 

After  the  program,  the  work  of  the  league  was 
discussed.  Most  of  our  present  work  is  keeping  the 
school  grounds  clean.  The  members  in  each  room 
are  deciding  what  they  would  like  to  do  and  it  will 
be  discussed  at  the  next  meeting.  There  being  no 
further  business  to  come  before  the  league,  the  meet¬ 
ing  was  adjourned  to  meet  sometime  in  December. 

Billie  Shelton, 

Reporter. 


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GIRL  SCOUTS 

The  Girls  Scouts  met, and  reorganized  their  troop 
with  nine  girls  working  on  second  class  tests  and 
two  working  on  tenderfoot  tests. 

This  year  we  have  Mfss  Maggie  Joyce  as  cap¬ 
tain,  Frances  Shelton  as  patrol  leader,  and  Kath¬ 
erine  Cooper  as  reporter. 

The  purpose  of  this  organization  is  to  help  girls 
to  realize  the  ideals  of  womanhood  as  a  prepara¬ 
tion  for  their  responsibilities  in  the  home  and  serv¬ 
ice  to  the  community. 

The  scouts  so  far  are: 

Annie  B.  Anthony 

Mary  D.  Anthony 


Katherine  Cooper 
Nannie  R.  Cooper 
Hattie  Burgart 
Frances  Fulcher 
Louise  Gilley 
Madelyne  Martin 
Frances  Shelton 
Page  Shelton 
Era  Stovall. 

Reporter, 

Katherine  Cooper. 

- o - - - 

Our  Math  teacher,  Miss  Sallie  Cooper,  told  her 
class  that  it  is  the  little  things  that  bother  us.  She 
said,  “You  can  sit  on  a  mountain,  but  not  on  a 
tack.’’ 

- o - 

Frank  Critz:  “The  basketball  team  is  going  to 
blow  up.” 

Robert  Trent:  “Do  you  think  it  will  hurt  any 
body?” 


We  will  sell  the  following  articles  at  a  cost  of 
material :  Small  tables,  washstands,  writing  desks, 
bookshelves,  porch  swings,  flower  pedestals,  porch 
chairs,  flower  boxes,  orchard  ladders,  poultry  hop¬ 
pers,  self-feeders,  chicken  coops,  toolboxes,  sack 
holders,  nailboxes  and  wagon  jacks. 

AGRICULTURAL  DEPARTMENT 


The  Leader  Store 


Just  the  place  to  buy  your 
CHRISTMAS  PRESENTS 


The  uptown  store  with 
downtown  prices 


J.  LEE  VIA 


Critz, 


Virginia 


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SALT  AND  PEPPER  — A  Page  of  Variety  and  Interest 


WHY  WE  DO 

WHAT  WE  DO 

By  M.  K.  Thomson,  Ph.  D. 

WHY  WE  LIKE  TO  SUCCEED 
Success  is  one  of  the  greatest 
motives  in  human  --:"e.  We  all 
want  to  succeed.  Success  is  like 
happiness.  Everybody  knows  what 
it  is.  We  all  want  it,  yet  no  two 
of  us  want  the  same  kind. 

We  will  understand  why  every¬ 
one  is  in  love  with  success  if  we 
remember  that  success  is  nothing 
more  or  less  than  simply  getting 
what  you  are  after.  If  we  under¬ 
take  anything  we  like  to  carry  the 
thing  through  to  its  logical  con¬ 
clusion.  This  reacts  favorably  upon 


our  self-esteem  and  we  are  elated. 
Success  in  any  enterprise  affords 
satisfaction. 

The  instinctive  drivers  behind 
success  are  the  social  impulse  and 
the  self-regarding  instincts  and 
Sentiments.  We  crave  the  plaudits 
of  the  crowd. 

There  are  other  reasons  why  we 
'  like  to  succeed.  The  cheers  of  the 
crowd  mean  less  than  the  satisfac¬ 
tion  a  man  derives  in  mastering  a 
situation  by  overcoming  opposition 
and  difficulties.  Take  the  instances 
of  breaking  a  colt,  inventing  a  new 
type  of  flying,  machine,  learning  a 
foreign  language,  becoming  an  ex¬ 
pert  swimmer  or  boxer.  "There  are 
a  thousand  activities  'that  we  en¬ 
gage  in  for  the  sheer  joy  of  mas¬ 


tery.  Once  we  start  in  we  hate  to 
give  up  and  acknowledge  defeat. 
It  is  a  challenge  to  carry  on  until 
we  master  the  situation. 

We  want  to  succeed  because  suc¬ 
cess  stands  for  the  uninterrupted 
and  smooth  ongoing  of  our  im¬ 
pulses  in  the  realization  of  specific 
ends.  Opposition  constitutes  a  chal¬ 
lenge  which  arouses  the  fighting 
instinct  and  enlists  every  resource 
in  the  service  of  our  objective.  And 
the  greater  the  difficulties  over¬ 
come  and  the  more  we  have  to  show 
for  our  efforts,  the  sweeter  will  be 
the  satisfaction  we  derive  from 
success. 

GETTING  BACK  AT 
AUTOGRAPH  FIEND 

My  colleague  Low  (the  Engl^h 
cartoonist)  tells  me  that  “these  r_i 
ternational  autograph  fiends  are 
getting  to  be  too  much  of  a  good 
thing,”  and,  to  judge  from  the 
specimen  he  sends  me,  he  is  right. 

This  particular  fiend,  a  lumber 
merchant  in  New  Jersey,  asks  for 
an  autographed  sketch  “on  one  of 
the  enclosed  slips,”  but  omits  even 
to  enclose  the  return  postage. 
Low’s  reply,  which  strikes  me  as 
being  unanswerable  (at  any  rate,  I 
feel  pretty  sure  that  it  will  not  be 
answered)  runs  as  follows: 

“Dear  Sir:  It  is  my  desire  to 
obtain  samples  of  lumber  from 
prominent  lumber  companies  in  all 
parts  of  the  world. 

“True,  so  far  I  have  not  got 
many,  but  I  have  every  hope  that 
my  collection  will  ultimately  be  a 
very  successful  and  interesting  ene. 
I  would  appreciate  your  kindness 
if  you  would  send  me,  at  your  own 
expense,  a  couple  of  your  best  logs. 
You  can  autograph  them  or  not, 
just  as  you  please.” — London  Eve¬ 
ning  Standard. 

SAGE  SAYINGS 

A  full  choir  increases  the  chants 
for  salvation. 

TT  7T  •$€• 

Even  the  buckwheat  cake  has 
to  await  its  turn. 

*  *  * 

If  a  man  is  overbold  he  some¬ 
times  gets  bowled  over. 

*  *  * 

Don’t  thank  heaven  for  the  din¬ 
ner  and  then  scold  the  cook. 


Kilauea  Is  in  Action  Again 


The  Halemaumau  pit  on  the  Kilauea  volcano  in  Hawaii  is  belching  fire  and 
lava  again.  The  first  manifestation  of  the  disturbance  was  a  burst  of  black 
smoke  followed  by  fire  and  loud  roaring. 


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School  Campus 


Monogram  Club 


Athletic  Club 


Jefferson  Literary  Society 


Washington  Literary  Society 


Old  Cars 


Dr.  &  Mrs.  Shelburne 


Jimmie  Lee  &  Ruth  Via 


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Class  of  1930 


My  school  memories  are  good.  Two  of  my  teachers  were  Sallie  Via  and  Myrtle  Hairfield. 


I  remember  riding  the  bus  and  sometimes  when  it  was  muddy,  the  bus  got  stuck  and  we  had  to 
get  out  and  push  it  up  hills. 

In  Home  Economics,  we  had  to  make  a  dress  that  was  judged,  and  I  made  a  light  blue  silk  pongee 
dress  and  won  first  place.  I  was  thrilled.  I  took  French  in  order  to  go  to  college  to  be  a  teacher.  I 
went  on  to  college  and  taught  41  years. 

On  graduation  night,  my  parents  and  brother  Dennis  went  with  me.  In  a  few  days,  all  of  us  but 
Daddy  took  measles.  What  a  way  to  finish  high  school! 

Agnes  Vernon  Tucker 


Margaret  Cooper  Mitchell 
Vera  Biggs  Clark* 

Agnes  Vernon  Tucker 
llene  Turner  Powell 
Inez  Ross  Elswick 
Murray  G.  Via* 

Harley  Trull* 

Taft  S.  Carter 


Nannie  Ruth  Cooper  Terry* 
Elizabeth  Boaz  Gilley* 
Frances  Shelton  Umbarger 
Martha  Turner 
Amos  Mitchell* 

Robert  W.  Trent* 

Conner  Plaster* 

Elizabeth  Hundley  Clark 


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Class  of  1931 


1st  Row:  Fairy  Jones,  Lester  Plaster,  Martha  Anthony,  teacher,  Principal  E.  C.  Croxton,  Ruth  Hubbard,  Richard  Martin, 
and  Frank  Critz 

2nd  Row:  Evelyn  Brown,  Ivan  Bryant,  Elsie  Tudor,  Katherine  Gilley,  Bill  Wood,  Madeline  Martin,  Louise  Marion,  John 
Fulcher,  and  Josephine  Grogan 

3rd  Row:  Elizabeth  Layman,  Roy  McArthur,  Ethel  Trent,  Arthur  Anthony,  Florence  Tatum,  Kibler  Carter,  Mary  Shelton, 
and  Annie  B.  Anthony 

Annie  B.  Anthony  Abernethy 
Josephine  Grogan  Fagge* 

Elizabeth  Layman  Hall* 

John  Fulcher* 

Mary  Shelton  Cheek 
Florence  Tatum  Moore 
Elsie  Tudor  Blair 


Ivan  Bryant* 

Frank  Critz* 

Roy  McArthur* 

George  E.  Wood* 

Evelyn  Brown  Staples 
Ruth  Hubbard  Robertson 
Louise  Marion  Fulcher 


Madeline  Martin  Thomas 
Era  Stovall  Flynn* 

Ethel  Trent  Puckett* 
Arthur  Anthony* 

Kibler  Carter* 

Richard  E.  Martin* 

Lester  K.  Plaster* 


I  started  school  in  1920  at  the  age  of  five  and  attended  Hardin  Reynolds  all  through  high  school.  At  this  time,  Hardin 
Reynolds  was  a  boarding  school  with  separate  dormitories  for  boys  and  girls.  Lucy  Anthony,  who  called  us  her  “little 
chickens,”  was  my  first  grade  teacher.  She  and  her  husband  ran  the  girls’  dormitory.  Other  teachers  I  recall  are:  Miss 
Florence  Caldwell,  Miss  Pearl  Massey,  Mrs.  Russell  Tudor,  Miss  Vergie  Goode,  Miss  Maggie  Joyce,  Miss  Audrey 
Dickerson,  Miss  May  McCabe,  and  Mrs.  R.  A.  Hairfied,  who  was  my  7th  grade  teacher.  She  was  my  favorite! 

Mr.  Carnet  Cox  was  the  first  principal  I  remember.  He  was  a  smart,  strict,  and  good-looking  man,  who  later  married 
Sallie  Critz,  one  of  his  pupils.  Miss  Sallie  Cooper  was  one  of  my  high  school  teachers  who  pushed  me  to  do  my  best  all 
through  school.  Perhaps  her  encouragement  helped  me  become  valedictorian  of  my  class! 

Not  being  ready  to  leave  HRMS  soon  after  graduation,  I  took  all  of  the  commercial  classes,  typing,  shorthand,  book¬ 
keeping,  business  English,  taught  by  Miss  Vassar  Graham,  and  music.  The  education  received  at  Hardin  Reynolds  pre¬ 
pared  me  well  for  college;  and  many  people  found  good  employment  with  no  more  education  than  that  received  at 
Hardin  Reynolds. 

When  Mrs.  Harbour  Reynolds’  daughter,  Lucy,  died  at  the  age  of  fourteen,  Mrs.  Reynolds  added  a  grade  school  music 
class  in  her  memory.  After  the  first  music  teacher  moved  away,  Mrs.  Reynolds  (later  Mrs.  Tompkins)  asked  me  to  teach, 
at  a  salary  of  $55  a  month.  I  taught  the  rhythm  band,  harmonica  band,  and  music  classes  for  each  of  the  seven  ele¬ 
mentary  grades  a  half  hour  each  day. 

Consolidation  reduced  our  school  to  a  grade  school  in  1970.  Had  this  not  happened,  who  knows,  Hardin  Reynolds 
Memorial  School  might  have  become  a  college!  Louise  Marion  Fulcher 


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Class  of  1932 


1st  Row:  Mr.  Ben  Shotwell,  Florine  Haynes,  Carson  Pratt,  Miss  Martha  Anthony,  Myra  Carter,  Principal  Mr. 
L.G.  Shelton 

2nd  Row:  Leonard  Palmer,  Homa  Freeman,  Ruth  Sheppard,  Jean  Fulcher,  Mary  Haynes,  Claude  Koger, 
Elizabeth  Anthony,  Hope  Fulcher,  Lois  Tatum,  Amos  Spencer,  Mollie  Boaz,  Frances  Fulcher,  Ross  Clark 
3rd  Row:  Katherine  Cooper,  D.C.  Spencer,  Emiline  Gilley  -  Not  pictured:  John  Turner,  Raymond  Cox 


Elizabeth  Anthony* 

Myra  Carter  Martin 
Frances  W.  Fulcher  Atcheson 
Jean  Fulcher  Hanes* 

Kathrine  Gilley  Thomas* 

Mary  Haynes  Pitts 
Lois  Tatum* 

Homa  J.  Freeman 
Thomas  Carson  Pratt 
D.  C.  Spencer,  Jr. 

Ross  Clark 


Mollie  Boaz  Johnson* 
Katherine  Cooper  Trent* 
Hope  Fulcher  Atkins* 
Emiline  Gilley  Sharp* 
Florine  Haynes  Ramsey 
Ruth  S.  Palmer 
Raymond  F.  Cox* 
Claude  N.  Koger 
Amos  J.  Spencer 
John  Turner* 


Since  my  first  years  at  HRMS  were  before  a  school  bus  ran  in  my  community,  I  either  walked  or  rode  a  horse  the  five 
miles  to  school.  In  extremely  cold  weather,  my  “breath  froze"  on  my  coat  collar.  Later,  I  rode  a  bus  which  traveled  over 
dirt  roads.  Often  the  bus  got  stuck  in  the  mud  and  we  had  to  get  out  and  push. 

As  I  concentrated  more  on  mischief  than  books,  many  of  my  fond  memories  revolve  around  the  mischief.  My  class¬ 
mates  who  got  squirted  with  water  from  a  hypodermic  needle  concealed  in  my  coat  pocket  probably  don’t  know  yet 
where  the  water  came  from! 

Despite  the  mischief,  I  got  along  well  with  my  teachers.  The  only  time  I  was  ever  sent  to  the  principal’s  office  was  to 
witness  someone  else’s  punishment.  Ross  Clark 


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Class  of  1 933 


Eva  Purcell  Beck 
Frances  Tatum  DeWitt 
Emma  Schill 
Clyde  Sheppard 
R.  Lewis  Shockley* 
Fonrose  M.  Trent* 
Willie  F.  Via 
Edd  Ayers* 


Florence  Purcell  Ore 
Mae  Trent  Gusler 
Robert  D.  Greenwood 
Page  Shelton 
Ruth  Spencer  Burgart 
Lucille  Vernon  Nowlin" 
Carl  Ayers* 

Andrew  L.  Craddock* 


Hardin  Reynolds  graduated  16  students  in  1933:  8  boys  and  8  girls.  Page  Shelton  was  class 
valedictorian.  Most  everyone  was  local  with  the  exception  of  Robert  Greenwood,  who  boarded  at 
the  school.  Clyde  Sheppard  was  the  outstanding  class  athlete  and  could  really  send  a  baseball 
flying!  We  were  typical  of  that  time,  most  of  us  walking  or  going  by  horseback  or  cart  to  school. 
We  worked  at  home,  then  went  to  school  to  learn  the  three  R’s,  as  well  as  English,  history,  geog¬ 
raphy,  agriculture,  and  home  economics.  Then  we  went  back  home  to  work,  study,  and  do  the 
same  the  next  day.  During  the  depression,  we  attended  HRMS  only  seven  months.  We  partici¬ 
pated  in  school  plays,  as  well  as  basketball  and  baseball. 

Some  of  our  class  returned  to  Hardin  Reynolds  to  take  the  business  classes  offered  there;  these 
were  equal  to  some  colleges  at  that  time.  Willie  Via 


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Class  of  1934 


1st  Row:  Mary  Shelton,  Hassell  Yeatts,  Bili  Shelton,  Virginia  Moorefield,  Harvey  Wingfield,  Eva  Tuggle 

2nd  Row:  Martha  Anthony  -  teacher,  Wilma  Cockram,  Hazel  Reynolds,  G.T.  Boaz,  Jr.,  Irene  Grogan,  Guy  Mabe, 

Maude  Witt  Godshall,  Ada  Fulcher 

3rd  Row:  Thomas  Trent,  Mary  Drue  Anthony,  Margaret  Mathis,  Fred  Critz,  Erna  Martin,  Louise  Gilley,  Eldrin  Carter 


Wilma  Cochram  Whitlock* 
Margaret  Mathis  Martin* 
Hazel  Reynolds  Miles 
Mary  Shelton  Dandridge 
Maude  Witt  Godshall 
John  Eldrin  Carter* 

Clifford  Cunningham* 

J.  Harvey  Wingfield* 


Ada  Fulcher  Conner 
Virginia  Moorefield  Williams* 
Bili  Shelton  Ehmann 
Eva  Tuggle  Hall 
G.  T.  Boaz,  Jr.* 

Fred  H.  Critz* 

Guy  Mabe* 

John  H.  Yeatts* 


High  School  at  HRMS  was  a  scurry  from  a  chemistry  classroom  upstairs  in  the  old  grade  school  building,  Home  econom¬ 
ics  and  typing  in  various  areas  in  the  “‘girl’s  dormitory,”  to  agriculture  classes  in  the  basement  of  the  auditorium. 

I  remember  Sallie  Via’s  attempts  to  get  us  to  sing  in  harmony;  Miss  Martha  Anthony  putting  a  word  on  the  board  for  us  to 
learn  to  spell  and  define  “antidisestablishmentarianism,”  I  failed  it,  and  Principal  Shelton’s  confusion  when  leading  us  in  the 
Lord's  Prayer,  getting  it  right  after  starting  twice. 

Eva  Tuggle,  our  valedictorian,  could  cut  out  a  dress  one  afternoon,  sew  it  in  the  Home  Economics  department,  and  wear  it 
to  school  the  next  day. 

My  Home  Economics  class  was  not  a  personal  success.  I  put  a  sleeve  in  wrong  so  many  times  that  it  was  four  inches  short¬ 
er  than  the  other  one. 

Clifford  Cunningham,  our  class  president,  made  the  best  speech  at  graduation  exercise!  His  made  Eva’s  and  mine,  (I  was 
salutatorian),  sound  like  the  amateurs  we  were. 

HRMS  had  a  lovely  campus  with  grass  and  trees.  Once  a  Maypole  dance  was  performed  on  that  appropriate  green.  And 
once  Page  and  I  were  put  “on  campus”  for  forging  a  permission  slip  to  attend  the  medicine  show  across  the  road! 

Bili  Shelton  Ehmann 


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Class  of  1935 


W%  A  A  § 

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1st  Row:  Julia  Trent,  Ola  Martin,  Jessie  Mae  Ayers,  Stafford  Reynolds,  Louise  Clark,  Eunice  Martin,  and  Irene  Grogan 
2nd  Row:  Miss  Jeannette  Kessler,  Miss  Martha  Anthony,  Erna  Martin,  Edward  Trull,  Woodrow  Foster,  Beatrice  Burgart, 
Mr.  L.G.  Shelton,  Principal,  Evelyn  Dalton,  Jim  Stovall,  Pauline  Shough,  Ruth  Boaz,  Miss  Lola  Gwynn,  and  Miss 
Maggie  Joyce 

3rd  Row:  Louise  Gilley,  Dorothy  Williams,  Joel  Dalton,  Mary  Drue  Anthony,  Jean  Gilley,  Lena  Nolen,  Robert  Tatum, 
Mattie  Ruth  Ayers,  and  Louise  Spencer 


Jessie  May  Ayers  Vernon 
Mary  Drue  Anthony* 

Ruth  Boaz  Gilbert* 

Louise  Clark  Reynolds 
Evelyn  Dalton  Martin* 
Jean  Gilley  Lawson 
Louise  Gilley  Barrow* 


Eunice  Martin  Smith 
Irene  Grogan  Fisher* 
Erna  Martin  Nance* 
Louise  Spencer  Hall* 
Lena  Nolen  Reed* 
Pauline  Shough  Plaster 
Julia  Trent  Wingfield 


Dorothy  Williams  Balasco 
Virgil  Anthony* 

Robert  Lee  Fulcher,  Jr.* 
Toney  S.  Reynolds 
Thomas  Trent* 

Riley  Edward  Trull* 


We  remember  the  rides  on  buses  with  wooden  bodies  constructed  by  local  people;  the  seats  on  each  side  and  one  in  the 
center  that  sometimes  turned  over  when  going  around  curves;  getting  stuck  in  the  mud  and  having  to  get  out  and  walk 
and,  sometimes,  push! 

One  of  us  remembers  entering  fourth  grade  at  HRMS  in  the  middle  of  the  session  as  the  new  kid  on  the  block  and  the 
bewilderment  of  coming  to  a  big  school  from  a  small  three-room  one.  Our  wonderful  teacher,  Mrs.  Myrtle  Hairfield,  made 
the  transition  as  easy  as  possible  for  me,  though  she  was  strict  and  expected  much  from  her  students. 

Another  year,  nearly  everyone  in  class  took  advantage  of  a  very  kind  teacher  who  must  have  loved  us  too  much  to  pun¬ 
ish  us! 

Thirty-two  of  us  entered  high  school,  but  we  lost  12  along  the  way;  only  20  graduated  in  1935. 

We  recall  the  heartbreak  of  losing  our  home  room  teacher,  Ben  Shotwell,  who  left  us  during  our  freshman  year.  Other 
home  room  teachers  were  Miss  Vassar  Graham;  Miss  Martha  Anthony,  who  taught  our  English  class  each  year;  and  Miss 
Jeannette  Kessler. 

We  will  never  forget  the  trips  to  Jimmy  Lee  Via’s  store  at  lunch  time,  whether  we  had  any  money  to  spend  or  not;  we  had 
very  little,  as  those  were  depression  years. 

This  would  not  be  complete  without  mentioning  our  trip  to  The  Pinnacles  of  Dan  in  April,  1934,  to  entertain  the  seniors 
and  the  terrific  snowstorm  up  there. 

One  of  our  fondest  memories  is  of  the  beautiful  campus  and  buildings,  and  we  regret  that  the  present  campus  is  not  as 
pretty  as  “ours”  was. 


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Julia  Trent  Wingfield 
Jessie  Mae  Ayers  Vernon 


Class  of  1936 


WHAT  HRMS  HAS  MEANT  TO  ME:  I  came  to  HRMS  from  Meadows  of  Dan  as  a  Senior  in  the  fall  of  1935.  I 
boarded  at  the  home  of  Mr.  &  Mrs.  Joe  Critz,  just  a  step  and  hop  from  the  High  School. 

Entering  a  large  school  was  very  exciting.  The  first  days  of  classes  I  met  so  many  new  people.  (I  was  the  new 
kid  on  the  block.)  Everyone  was  so  friendly  and  so  was  the  neighborhood.  I  was  made  welcome  by  everyone, 
and  through  the  years,  looking  back,  I  made  some  lovely  lifelong  friends. 

Since  I  was  majoring  in  Business,  I  felt  very  appreciative  of  the  fact  that  the  R.  J.  Reynolds  Family  had  made 
it  possible  for  me  to  get  a  complete  business  education  at  HRMS.  In  life,  it  served  me  well. 

Ruth  Cock  Nelson 
Class  of  1936  -  HRMS 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Ruth  Nelson  Wyatt 
Roy  A.  Brown* 

Robert  L.  Martin 
Elizabeth  Martin* 
Walter  Guy  Spencer 
Ruth  Grogan  Baliles 
Ruth  Cock  Nelson 
Mildred  Joyce  Aliff 
Lillian  M.  Hale 
Lorna  Bowling  Baker 
Arko  Anglin* 

Aubrey  Via* 

Edith  Shelton  Maness* 


Margaret  Trent  Bracy* 
Robert  E.  Tatum* 
Bernard  A.  Turner 
G.  Bruce  Spencer 
Estelle  Smith  Joyce* 
Ruth  Adams  Gunter* 
Mattie  Ruth  Ayers  Cross 
Lucy  Walton* 

Eileen  Yeatts  Horton 
Della  Clark  Hawks 
Dennis  Vernon* 

Ola  Martin  Williams 
Mary  Cassady  Pigg* 


Boy’s  Basketball 


Boy’s  Baseball 


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Class  of  1937 


1st  Row:  Sadie  Hazelwood,  Estelle  Brown,  James  Tatum,  Iris  Anglin,  Virginia  Tatum,  Allie  Sue  Fulcher,  and  Katie  Martin 
2nd  Row:  Lennis  Cockram,  Annie  Sue  Gilley,  Mabel  Reynolds,  Margaret  Nowlin,  Elizabeth  Naylor,  Evelyn  Bingman, 
and  Clarence  Anthony 

3rd  Row:  Willie  Anthony,  Richard  Fulcher,  Allen  Gilley 


We  had  a  small  class  of  only  sixteen,  twelve  girls  and  four  boys.  One  odd  thing  about  our  class  was  we  had  only  four 
boys,  and  three  of  them  were  left  handed. 

Iris  Anglin  was  class  president.  Allie  Sue  Fulcher  was  valedictorian.  James  H.  Tatum,  Jr.  was  salutatorian.  Miss  Mary  Lee 
Martin  was  class  sponsor.  James  H.  Tatum,  Jr. 


Annie  Sue  Gilley  Wood 
Elizabeth  Naylor  Wright 
Estelle  Brown  Gilbert 
Clarence  E.  Anthony* 
Margaret  Nowlin  Ray* 
Evelyn  Bingman 
James  H.  Tatum,  Jr. 
Allen  Gilley 


Katie  Martin  Doss 
Allie  Sue  Fulcher  Brown* 
Mabel  Reynolds  Clark 
Frances  Martin  Cooper 
Sadie  Hazelwood* 

Iris  Anglin  Via* 

Willie  Anthony 

Lillian  Knight  White  Evans 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Boy’s  Basketball  Boy’s  Baseball 


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Class  of  1938 


Our  ride  to  school  was  on  a  bus  with  wooden  seats,  a  long  row  of  seats  on  each  side  and  one  in  the  center.  Mr.  Leonard 
Ayers  built  the  bed  for  the  bus.  Sometimes  when  the  bus  got  stuck  in  the  mud  on  “Cooper’s  Hill,”  we  got  out,  walked 
up  the  hill,  then  got  back  on  the  bus. 

Gladys  Vernon  received  the  prize  Mrs.  Hairfield  gave  in  fourth  grade  to  the  one  who  read  the  most  books. 

Our  sixth  grade  was  located  on  the  lower  floor  of  the  girls'  dormitory.  Mrs.  Fairy  Ayers,  our  teacher,  read  to  us  from  The 
Secret  Garden;  we  could  hardly  wait  for  the  next  chapter! 

Other  memories:  the  “Giant  Stride”  on  the  playground  behind  the  school,  May  Day  with  our  dance  around  the  May  Pole, 
little  recess  in  midmorning,  and  big  recess  at  lunch  time  when  we  ate  our  packed  lunches,  as  a  fairy  in  an  operetta, 
wearing  a  blue  crepe  paper  dress  with  beautiful  wings,  marching  from  our  classes  to  the  auditorium  for  chapel  and  spe¬ 
cial  programs,  playing  in  the’  rhythm  band,  playing  basketball  on  the  outdoor  court;  our  special  high  school  teachers, 
our  Senior  Banquet  in  Tuck's  Palm  Room  in  Stuart.  Ruth  Trent  Ruebush  and  Gladys  Vernon  Young 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Boy’s  Baseball 


Beadie  Corns  Boliek 
Mary  Ayers  Mitchell 
Pauline  Nolen  Thomas 
Gladys  Vernon  Young 
Mildred  Smith  Thomas* 
Curtis  P.  Gardner,  DDS 
James  H.  Grady* 
Charles  G.  Anthony 


Irene  Lawrence  Smart 
Vera  Baron  Remsburg* 

Margaret  Gilbert  Fulcher* 

Ruth  Trent  Reubush 
Virginia  Bradley  Hodnett  Laffon* 
S.  Richard  Fulcher* 

Otis  Craddock 
Ralph  Fulcher* 


Boy’s  Basketball 


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Class  of  1939 


Ralph  Adams,  Alvin  Anthony,  Penn  Anthony,  Thomas  Anthony,  Euodias  Cockram,  Conrad  Foster,  Ralph 
Fulcher,  Randolph  Gilley,  R.  A.  Henderson,  Jr.,  Beamon  Hodges,  Curtis  Koger,  Billy  Leach,  Fay  Martin,  Ruth 
Anthony,  Elizabeth  Bowles,  Vera  Cassell,  Frances  Critz,  Grace  Dalton,  Dixie  Dalton,  Mary  Fulcher,  Ida  Sue 
Gilley,  Pauline  Gunter,  Irene  Joyce,  Florence  Layman,  Hazel  Nelson,  Lottie  Nolen,  Glenn  Martin,  J.C.  Raper 
Jr.,  Allen  Spangler,  Ned  Tatum,  Thomas  Thore,  Waller  Trull,  Worley  Purcell,  Curtis  Vernon,  George  Via, 
Beatrice  Ore,  Agnes  Palmer,  Louise  Purcell,  Florence  Reynolds,  Irvine  Reynolds,  Bessie  Shelton,  Lois 
Shelton,  Mary  Shelton,  Mae  Hattie  Stovall,  Mary  Susan  Tatum,  Irene  Wimbish 


Ruth  Anthony  Dandridge* 

Ida  Sue  Gilley  Loftis* 

Mary  Divers  Fulcher  Martin* 

Frances  Critz  Smith 

Mary  Irvine  Reynolds  Fasano 

Agnes  Palmer  Luzadder* 

Dixie  Dalton  Collins 
Grace  Dalton  Martin 
John  R.  Brown 
James  E.  Spencer* 

Samuel  A.  Cooper* 

William  Lawrence  Walker,  Sr. 

James  L.  Via,  Jr. 

Glenn  W.  Martin* 

Randolph  Gilley* 

P.  Alvin  Anthony* 

Our  class  consisted  of  1 5  girls  and  1 6  boys  that 

be  good,  never  great.” 


Hazel  Nelson  Patterson 
Louise  Purcell  Carver 
Mary  Susan  Tatum  Turner 
Irene  Joyce  Hancock 
Elizabeth  Bowles  Nephew* 
Bessie  Shelton  Wright* 
Florence  Layman  Wood 
David  Worley  Purcell 
Curtis  Koger 
Frank  C.  Spencer 
George  F.  Via,  Jr. 

James  C.  Raper 
George  Grady* 

James  Curtis  Vernon* 

W.  Penn  Anthony 


classmates  and  friends,  whose  goal  was  “Seek  to 

Frances  Critz  Smith 


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Harmonica  Band  in  1930 


Rhythm  Bands  1930s 


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First  Grade  1937 


1st  Row:  Annie  Brim,  Barbara  Welsh,  Lenna  Barbour,  Rebecca  Hylton,  Jimmy  Via,  ?  Hardy,  ?Kendrick,  Jeanne  Wimbish,  Ida  Lee  Dillion,  Fidelia  Corns, 
Annie  Lee  Hardy 

2nd  Row:  Iris  Hodge,  Mary  Wray,  Bunny  Handy,  Shelburne  Reynolds,  Cooper  Via,  J.B.  Hodges,  ?  Dillion,  Leon  Cooper,  Charles  Cummings. 

3rd  Row:  Teacher,  Edna  Tatum,  Marilyn  Barbour,  ?,  Marie  Slate,  Virginia  Hutcheson,  Martha  Nelson,  Elmer  Fulcher,  Cassie  Freeman,  Marion 
Reynolds 

4th  Row:  J.D.  Rea,  Jimmie  Spencer,  Homer  Plaster,  Fred  Gilley,  ?  Fulcher,  ?  Brim,  ?,  ? 


Second  Grade  1937 


1st  Row:  Dorothy  Vernon,  Paul  Corns,  ?,  Margaret  Via,  Willie  Roop,  Geneva  Corns,  Marie  Cassell,  Bill  Bingman,  Nellie  Jarrett,  Patsy  Shelton 
2nd  Row:  ?,  ?,  Junior  Smart,  Charlotte  Brim,  ?,  Tom  Fleet  Hairston,  Pearl  Layman,  Iris  Freeman 
3rd  Row:  Gene  Smart,  Mary  Lawless,  ?,  Geraldine  Roop,  Junior  Plaster,  Ocie  Deal,  Bennie  Nelson 


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There’s  None  As  Dear  As  Reynolds 

There’s  none  as  dear  as  Reynolds, 

This  old  school  ’neath  the  hills. 

Here  where  we  get  our  learning, 

And  we  study  with  a  will. 

Here’s  where  the  Blue  Ridge  Mountains, 

Line  straight  out  to  our  view, 

Here  where  it’s  just  delightful 
For  the  air  is  always  pure. 

Here  where  our  sacred  memory. 

Will  linger  year  to  year. 

And  here’s  the  friendship  fondness. 

Which  we  never  wish  to  sear. 

‘Tis  here  our  hopes  are  brightest. 

Our  teachers  good  and  true, 

It’s  dear  old  faithful  Reynolds, 

That  will  mold  the  world  for  you. 

Now  good  old  sacred  Reynolds, 

I’m  bidding  you  adieu, 

But  then  my  dear  old  Reynolda, 

I’ll  often  pine  for  you. 


Ella  Griggs  Trent 

Mrs.  Trent  was  the  mother  of  seven  graduates  of  HRMS;  Floyd,  Don,  Fonrose, 
Thomas,  Julia,  Ruth  and  Charles. 


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43 


Class  of  1940 


Cathleen  Vernon  Pigg* 
Jeanette  Tatum  Darne 
Florence  Reynolds  Shelton 
Eldean  Vernon  Shelton 
Rosa  Ellen  Martin  Griffin* 
Joe  Todd* 

D.  C.  Craig 
Robert  Cox 
Thomas  A.  Thore,  Sr. 
Waller  Trull* 


Willie  Tatum  Martin 
Lera  Craig  Washburn 
Ruth  Bingman  Dickerson 
Ruby  Adams  Moorefield 
Evelyn  Stone  Lewis 
William  A.  Reynolds,  Jr. 
Elbert  C.  Fulcher 
Ralph  A.  Vernon* 

Alglie  L.  Spencer 
Junior  Moorefield* 


In  1 929  we  started  on  a  trip  down  the  highways  and  byways  of  school  membership.  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial 
was  happy  to  let  thirty-some  in,  but  somewhere  along  the  way  we  were  reduced  to  twenty.  Some  dropped  out 
or  transferred  along  the  way. 

Ini  940  came  graduation  day.  With  our  heads  filled  with  knowledge  we  went  our  separate  ways.  Some  of  our 
class  went  on  to  higher  education  while  some  sought  other  successful  careers.  We  would  like  to  remember  the 
six  classmates  who  have  passed  on.  Algie  Spencer 


Girl’s  Basketball  Boy’s  Basketball 


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Margaret  Shelburne  Blane 
Cornelia  Layman  Vernon 
Maude  Fulcher  Hurd 
Ruth  Nowlin  Wilson 
Rives  Koger 
Anne  R.  Agel* 

Emma  S.  Tatum  Davis 
Thelma  Brim  Craig* 

Doris  Corns  Joyce 
Douglas  M.  Anthony 
William  A.  Leach* 

Beatrice  Ore  Martin 


Betty  Ruth  Critz  Dominick" 
Mary  Cox  Ray 
Ivis  Reynolds  Hutcheson 
Charlotte  Fulcher  Rorrer 
Gae  Purcell  Saville 
Henry  D.  Martin 
Mae  Newman  Joyce* 
Virginia  Via  Allman 
Daphne  East  Lowery* 

Allie  Mae  Belton  Shockley 
Arlene  Wood  Smith 
Ira  Trull* 


The  class  of  1941  had  high  ideas  and  dreams,  not  knowing  that  World  War  II  would  interfere  with  some  mem¬ 
bers  of  our  class.  Jimmy  Price  was  our  class  sponsor  and  English  teacher.  His  grammar  was  perfect,  and  he 
expected  his  students  to  speak  correctly.  He  drove  an  old  car  which  he  referred  to  as  “Hootin’  Annie.” 

Margaret  Shelburne  was  class  valedictorian.  There  was  not  much  excitement  at  HRMS  until  David  Taylor 
transferred  from  a  Roanoke  School.  Besides  his  being  handsome,  he  could  sing  “Somewhere  Over  the 
Rainbow”  like  we  had  never  heard  before.  Another  transfer,  Henry  Martin,  who  came  from  Stuart  High  School, 
was  a  great  addition  to  the  athletic  program.  Betty  Ruth  Critz  will  always  be  remembered  for  her  musical  tal¬ 
ent,  especially  how  she  could  play  the  piano.  Mrs.  Eddie  Penn  Tatum  should  be  given  credit  for  teaching  many 
students  in  our  class. 

On  occasions,  our  class  enjoyed  going  to  the  auditorium  to  see  a  movie.  Billy  Leach  was  in  charge  of  the  pro¬ 
jector  and  other  equipment. 

Girls  enrolled  in  home  economics  classes  were  taught  by  Madeline  Martin,  who  inspired  me  to  become  a 
Home  Economics  teacher. 

Douglas  Anthony  has  been  true  to  his  Alma  Marter  by  attending  the  HRMS  Alumni  banquet  almost  every  year 
since  graduation. 

Many  of  our  class  members  are  deceased,  others  have  located  out  of  Patrick  County.  Fond  memories  still 
linger  as  I  reminisce  about  my  classmates  and  our  years  at  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School. 

Virginia  Via  Allman 


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Class  of  1942 


1st  Row:  Clyde  Brown,  Arnold  Smith,  Thomas  Tatum,  Carleen  Roop,  Alvis  Joyce,  Junior  Harbour 
2nd  Row:  Doris  Wood,  Beatrice  Freeman,  Margaret  Tatum,  Crystal  Fulcher,  Nannie  Sue  Martin,  Demris 
Wood,  Goldie  Plaster 

3rd  Row:  Charles  Trent,  J.D  Barbour,  J.P.  Barbour,  Frank  Tatum,  Ray  Vernon,  Jack  Shelton 


J.  D.  Barbour* 

Druie  Junior  Harbour 
Jack  Shelton* 

Charles  F.  Trent 
Thomas  C.  Tatum,  Jr.* 
Clyde  Brown 

Beatrice  Freeman  Shelton 
Goldie  Plaster  Locke 
Margaret  Tatum 
Demris  Wood  Holt 


J.  P.  Barbour 
Alvis  Joyce 
Frank  W.  Tatum* 

Kenneth  Ray  Vernon 
Nannie  Sue  Martin  Burton 
Arnold  Smith 
Crystal  Fulcher  Stacks* 
Carleen  Roop  Wright 
Doris  Wood  Holt 


When  our  freshman  class  entered  HRMS  in  the  Fall  of  1938,  school  funds  were  so  limited  that  one  year  we 
had  to  pay  to  ride  the  school  buses  and  use  the  typewriters.  Yet,  upon  reflection,  it  was  a  serene  and 
uneventful  time.  Our  Junior  year,  however,  brought  drastic  changes.  The  United  States  began  drafting  all 
able-bodied  men  21  and  over  into  the  Service.  Rationing  began,  affecting  all  activities.  Early  into  our  senior 
year,  Pearl  Harbor  was  bombed  and  we  were  suddenly  into  World  War  II.  We  had  no  yearbook,  since  trans¬ 
portation  was  limited  to  business;  hence,  no  driving  to  solicit  ads.  No  Junior-Senior  Prom,  just  an  informal 
dinner  and  dancing  to  a  jukebox.  The  biggest  impact  on  our  class  was  when  the  drafting  of  18-year-olds 
began.  Soon  after  graduation,  male  classmates  had  to  put  their  lives  on  hold  and  go  to  war.  Unfortunately, 
one  of  them,  Frank  Tatum,  did  not  return.  Goldie  Plaster  Locke 


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Class  of  1 943 


Steated:  Amos  Trull,  Strother  Shelton*,  Thomas  Eddie  Tatum,  Sponsor  -  Ruth  Trent,  Anderson  Jessie*, 
Maxwell  Anthony  and  Neil  Reynolds* 

1st  Row:  Lillian  Lawless,  Thelma  Taylor,  Dorothy  Koger,  Louise  Critz*,  and  Hallie  Anthony 

2nd  Row:  Stover  Terry,  Thomas  Bingman*,  Ralph  Palmer*,  Ralph  Grogan,  Sam  Hairston,  Wallace  Nelson 

and  William  Tatum* 

3rd  Row:  Elva  Reynolds,  Annie  Fulcher,  Vivian  Reynolds,  Annie  Sue  Martin*,  Elsie  Hopkins  and  Rebecca 
Quesinberry* 

The  HRMS  graduating  class  of  1943  began  the  first  grade  in  the  front  left  room  of  the  old  grade  school  build¬ 
ing  in  1932,  with  teacher  Miss  Margery  Phipps.  By  1936,  we  had  37  in  the  class,  ranging  in  age  from  10  to  16. 
We  were  in  high  school  during  the  World  War  II  years  and  saw  brothers  Fred  and  Jimmy  Price  go  into  military 
service,  leaving  their  teaching  positions.  Two  of  our  classmates,  Ralph  Palmer  and  Thomas  Bingman,  gave 
their  lives  in  service.  Thomas,  a  bellygunner  in  the  8th  Air  Force,  was  shot  down  over  Germany  in  August, 

1944,  on  his  third  mission.  Ralph  went  down  with  his  ship,  a  yard  mine-sweeper,  off  Okinawa,  September, 

1945,  during  a  typhoon.  It  is  suspected  this  small  ship  was  not  warned  of  the  approaching  storm. 

Our  senior  class  play,  “Everything  Happens  to  Us.”  was  presented  May  8,  1943.  Admission  was  15  and  25 
cents  plus  tax.  Sunday  morning,  May  30,  1943,  our  Commencement  Sermon  was  given  by  Methodist  minis¬ 
ter  Rev.  Wilson  Stanley,  who  spoke  on  the  subject,  “Dimes  or  Diamonds.” 

The  following  night,  Monday,  May  31,  1943,  thirteen  boys  and  eleven  girls  marched  into  the  Will  Reynolds 
Auditorium  and  onto  the  stage  to  receive  diplomas  from  Principal  Raymond  Horatio  Rickman.  During  this  cer¬ 
emony,  Valedictorian  Annie  Fulcher,  Salutatorian  Elva  Reynolds  and  Historian  Thelma  Taylor  gave  speeches. 
C.J.M.  Kyle  was  superintendent  of  Patrick  County  Schools  at  this  time,  and  Ruth  Trent,  just  out  of  Madison 
College,  was  our  class  sponsor.  Thomas  Eddie  Tatum 


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Class  of  1944 


Charles  E.  Thomas 
Lorene  Nelson  Bryant 
Margery  Boaz  Dull 
Clayton  Cummings* 
Helen  McKamey  Taylor 


Dorothy  Ayers  Dean* 
James  E.  Hodges 
Lucille  Biggs  Roberts 
Thomas  Guy  Craddock 
Ruth  Trent  (Sponsor) 


In  the  fall  of  1940,  thirty-eight  young  people 
entered  the  freshman  class  of  HRMS.  But  war¬ 
time  jobs,  military  service,  and  normal  drop-outs 
took  a  heavy  toll.  Only  nine  members  graduated 
j  in  May,  1944. 

Dorothy  Ayers  and  Clayton  Cummings  are 
deceased.  Margery  Boaz  Dull  has  retired  as  a 
receptionist  at  a  dental  office  in  Roanoke. Lucille 
Biggs  Tickle  is  retired  from  a  department  store  in 
Greensboro.  Helen  McKamey  Taylor  is  retired 
from  United  Elastic  and  lives  in  Patrick.  Lorene 
Nelson  Bryant  worked  at  Mick  or  Mack  and  lives 
in  Patrick.  Guy  Craddock  is  a  retired  rural  mail 
carrier  and  lives  in  Patrick.  Charles  Thomas,  a 
VPI  graduate,  is  a  retired  physicist  and  lives  in 
Dayton,  Ohio.  Jimmie  Hodges,  a  Radford  College  graduate  with  a  Masters  Degree  from  U.  Va,  is 
a  forty-two  year  veteran  in  the  field  of  education  and  lives  in  Roanoke. 

Our  members  have  done  well,  for  which  we  are  all  thankful.  Jimmie  Hodges 


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Class  of  1945 


Contrary  to  popular  belief,  there  was  a  graduating 
class  in  1945.  I  had  dropped  out  of  school  after  my 
sophomore  year  in  1942  and  returned  to  school 
November,  1943,  for  my  junior  year.  However,  due 
to  the  addition  of  eighth  grade,  I  was  the  only  junior, 
so  I  had  to  take  my  classes  with  the  seniors;  then, 
my  senior  year  I  had  classes  with  the  juniors.  That 
left  me  all  alone  for  graduation  exercises,  as  Billy 
Hall,  the  other  person  receiving  a  diploma,  was  in 
the  navy.  A  young  fellow,  Bruce  Ayers,  dressed  in  a 
navy  uniform,  received  Billy’s  diploma. 

For  graduation,  I  wore  a  white  evening  gown  and 
silver  evening  slippers  that  I  had  worn  in  the  Miss 
Patrick  County  Beauty  Pageant.  Students  in  grades 
I  through  7  honored  me  by  the  performance  of  a 
beautiful  operetta.  Also,  the  juniors  gave  me  a  sur¬ 
prise  wiener  roast  at  Carter’s  Pond  at  Patrick 
Springs.  What  a  thrill! 

And  oh,  yes,  I  got  through  my  speech  scared  half  to 
death.  It  was  all  very  exciting  to  me! 

Crystal  Nelson  McNeely 


When  Billy  and  I  married  30  years  ago,  one  of  the  first  Hall  family 
stories  I  heard  was  about  Billy’s  trip  to  New  York  City  that  ultimately  led 
to  his  becoming  the  property  of  the  U.S.  Navy.  It  seems  that  he  had 
taken  an  electronics  course  in  New  York  for  six  weeks.  After  complet¬ 
ing  the  course,  he  operated  a  rather  successful  radio  repair  shop  in  a 
building  just  across  from  Hardin  Reynolds  School. 

In  time,  because  he  scored  so  high  on  a  random  test  in  electronics, 
he  had  the  opportunity  again  to  go  to  New  York  for  further  testing.  It  was 
on  this  occasion  that  Billy  met  a  young  man  from  New  York,  and  the  two 
of  them  decided  that  it  would  be  a  good  thing  for  them  to  join  the  Navy. 

I  quote  Billy,  “I  was  so  afraid  the  war  would  be  over  before  I  could  get 
in.” 

The  problem  began  when  Billy  did  not  show  up  back  at  Critz  at  the 
appointed  time  and  never  bothered  to  let  his  mother  know  that  he  was 
flying  off  to  Chicago,  not  to  mention  the  fact  that  he  did  not  carry  a  coat 
and  this  was  in  the  middle  of  the  winter.  To  say  Mrs.  Hall  was  upset 
would  be  an  understatement.  When  the  subject  would  come  up  at  fam¬ 
ily  dinners,  she  told  us  in  no  uncertain  terms  just  how  upset  she  was. 

Why,  she  attempted  to  call  the  president  to  announce  her  displeasure 
that  anyone  would  take  her  son  into  the  Navy  without  her  permission! 

Her  next  course  of  action  was  to  summon  Mr.  Rickman,  the  principal  at  Hardin  Reynolds,  over  for  a  talk.  Bill’s 
sister,  Frances,  tells  me  that  Mrs.  Hall  invited  him  out  on  the  porch  and  again  was  not  too  happy  when  Mr. 
Rickman  reminded  her  that,  after  all,  Billy  must  have  wanted  to  go.  Well,  in  any  event,  that  was  the  beginning  of 
Billy’s  stint  in  the  U.S.  Navy  where  he  completed  two  years  of  college  credits  in  engineering  and  used  his  knowl¬ 
edge  in  electronics  to  inspect  submarines.  During  his  tour  of  duty,  he  was  stationed  in  Chicago  and  Guam.  I 
believe  he  was  in  Guam  when  Bruce  Ayers  accepted  his  high  school  diploma  from  Hardin  Reynolds. 

Respectfully  Submitted  by  Wife,  Mary  John  Hall 


49 


Class  of  1946 


Eldean  Brown  Smith 
Madeline  Fulcher  Smith* 
Paul  Reynolds 
Claudia  Purcell  Young 
Frances  Rea  Nelson 
Arthur  Guy  Shockley 
Bruce  Via* 

Pauline  Cockram  Turner* 
Frances  Knight  Reynolds* 
Geneva  Layman  Smith* 
llene  Spencer  Graham 
Billy  Jeff  Nelson 
R.  L.  Trull 

Charles  Cunningham 


Our  elementary  years  at  HRMS 
were  marked  with  some  dedicated 
teachers,  most  notably  Miss  Waller 
and  Mrs.  Hairfield.  We  were  the  first 
eighth  grade  class  when  we  gained 
more  people  from  elementary 
schools.  High  school  was  composed 
of  baseball  and  basketball  with 
some  books  included.  We  were 
identified  by  an  independent,  non¬ 
conformist  attitude,  which  endures 
to  this  day. 

Arthur  Guy  Shockley 


Baseball 


50 


Class  of  1947 


1st  Row:  Dorothy  Hutchens,  Virginia  Haley,  Patsy  Lee  Nelson 

2nd  Row:  Frances  Hall,  Irene  Cooper,  Alpha  Freeman,  Coleen  Fulcher,  Mary  Lee  Gilley,  Garnett  Handy, 
Dorothy  Bingman,  Frances  Martin,  Myrtle  Leach,  Hazel  Craig,  Jane  Fulcher 

3rd  Row:  Lincoln  Craddock,  Philip  Cooper,  David  Ayers,  Howard  Corns,  Eldon  Shough,  Mrs.  Nannie  Ruth 
Cooper  Terry,  Terry  Gilley  —  Standing:  Jimmy  Price 


The  Class  of  ‘47  had  twenty-three  graduates,  four  of  whom  had  returned  to  school  following  their  military 
service  during  World  War  II.  Valedictorian  of  the  class  was  Garnet  Handy,  and  Salutatorian  Terry  L.  Gilley. 
Senior  class  sponsors  were  teachers  Mrs.  Nannie  Ruth  Terry  and  Mr.  James  W.  Price.  They,  along  with 
other  teachers  and  school  principal,  Mr.  R.  H.  Rickman,  offered  the  challenge  to  “Either  Find  a  Path  or  Make 
One.”  This  was  our  class  motto.  Those  paths  have  led  in  many  different  directions,  but  always  with  good 
memories  of  years  spent  at  HRMS.  Coleen  Fulcher  Shough 


David  Ayers* 

Philip  Cooper 
Lincoln  Craddock 
Eldon  Shough 
Fred  K.  Williams 
Dorothy  Bingman  Nelson 
Hazel  Craig  Wright 
Jane  Fulcher  Sealey 
Thelma  Corns  Thornton* 
Frances  Hall  Gilley 
Dorothy  Hutchens  Dollarhite 
Frances  Martin 


Moir  Bingman 
Howard  C.  Corns 
Terry  Gilley 

Coleen  Fulcher  Shough 
Alex  L.  Spencer 
Irene  Cooper  Wyatt 
Alpha  Freeman  Campbell 
Mary  Lee  Gilley  Jessie 
Virginia  Haley  Quesenberry 
Garnett  Handy  Moore 
Myrtle  Leach  Crews 


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Class  of  1948 


Home  Room  Teacher:  Jimmy  Price 

1st  Row:  Mary  Cummings,  Margaret  Via,  Nancy  Lee  Moorefield,  Ora  Pilson,  Dorothy  Vernon  and  Richard  Anthony 
2nd  Row:  Freida  Fulcher,  Lorene  Stone,  Eva  Mae  Martin,  Clarence  Critz,  Jimmy  Brown  and  Maynard  Gilley 
3rd  Row:  Iris  Freeman,  Lois  Goard,  Lucille  Plaster,  Gene  Smart,  Leland  Martin  and  Robert  Zentmeyer 
4th  Row:  Tom  Fleet  Hairston,  Benny  Nelson,  Richard  Tatum,  Junior  Plaster,  James  Jarrett  and  Junior  Smart 
Not  Pictured:  Gladys  Burnette 


Richard  M.  Anthony 
Gene  D.  Smart 
Richard  C.  Tatum* 

Ora  Mae  Pilson  Hylton 
Lois  Goard  Plaster 
Gladys  Burnette  Bryant* 
Lucille  Plaster  Meeks 
Lorene  Stone  Law 
Robert  Leath  Zentmeyer* 
James  L.  Brown* 

Eddie  R,  Plaster,  Jr. 
Dorothy  Vernon  Shockley 


Grover  C.  Smart,  Jr. 
Thomas  F.  Hairston 
Freida  Fulcher  Grogan 
Margaret  Via  Vipperman 
Mary  Cummings 
Clarence  R.  Critz 
Eva  Mae  Martin  Lee 
Nancy  Lee  Moorefield 
Benny  Ray  Nelson 
James  R.  Jarrett 
Maynard  H.  Gilley* 

Iris  Freeman  Puckett 


Some  memories  of  HRMS  are:  visits  by  Mrs.  Annie  D.  Tompkins  giving  out  bars  of  soap,  toothbrushes,  etc.;  fun  time 
during  recess;  getting  tickled  in  a  play;  messing  up  my  lines  and  causing  Mr.  Price  to  pull  his  hair;  in  trouble  for  eat¬ 
ing  all  the  chocolate  chips  intended  for  making  cookies  in  Home  Economics;  piano  lessons,  recitals  and  always 
wishing  I  could  play  as  well  as  my  friend,  Dorothy  Vernon.  Margaret  Via  Vipperman 


52 


Class  of  1949 


1st  Row:  Juanita  Campbell,  Martha  Jane  Nelson,  Marian  Reynolds,  Cassie  Freeman,  Pearl  Grady,  Mary  Taylor 
2nd  Row:  Emogene  Gilley,  Reves  Handy,  Maxine  Burnette,  Jeanne  Wimbish,  Rebecca  Hylton  (graduated  at  Schoolfield), 
Mildred  Stone 

3rd  Row:  Jimmy  Via,  Cooper  Via,  Helen  Ann  Horne,  Shelburne  Reynolds,  Ophus  Robertson,  (picture  taken  in  '48  as  Juniors) 


Emogene  M.  Gilley  Dillon 
Pearl  M.  Grady  Richardson 
Mary  Taylor  Creasey 
Maxine  Burnette  Gee 
Martha  Jane  Nelson  Harris 
Allen  L.  Koger 

Marian  (Peggy)  Reynolds  Martin 
Edna  Earl  Rea  Campbell 
Ophus  Robertson* 

Irene  Custer  Bradley 
Reves  Handy  Corn 


Jeanne  W.  Rakes 
Shelburne  Reynolds 
Juanita  Campbell  Johnson 
T.  Cooper  Via 
J.  Cornelius  Stovall 
Leland  M.  Martin 
Cassie  Freeman  Martin 
Helen  Ann  Horne  Corns* 
Robert  W.  Tatum 
James  T.  Via* 


Franklin  Delano  Roosevelt  had  become  the  first  and  only  U.  S.  president  to  be  elected  to  a  third  term  when 
the  Class  of  1949  began  first  grade  in  the  depression  year  of  1937.  We  remember  starting  public  school 
education  “excited,  happy,  fearful,  tearful,  and  timid,  not  knowing  what  to  expect  or  what  was  expected  of 
us.”  They  also  remember  riding  “a  funny  looking  school  bus...”  Eighth  grade  was  a  different  building  and 
another  world.  We  “knew  our  lives  would  never  be  the  same,”  they  recall.  Their  year  book,  The  Echo,  was 
the  first  one  published  after  World  War  II.  Remember  what  was  in  the  basement  of  the  high  school  build¬ 
ing?  Martha  Jane,  Pearl  and  Jeanne  do,  and  your  memories  can  be  boosted  by  turning  to  Memories,  page 
91.  That  committee  even  shares  “wonderful  memories  of  chapel  in  the  auditorium...” 

Martha  Nelson  Harris,  Pearl  Grady  Richardson,  Jeanne  Wimbish  Rakes 


53 


58%  REDUCTION 

NEW 

One-Way  Coach  Fares 

At  Is  Cents  Per  Mile 


Between  all  Stations  on  this  Line 


Leave  your  automobile  in  the  garage  and  travel  in  comfort  and 
security  on  the  DANVILLE  AND  WESTERN  RAILWAY  COM¬ 
PANY  at  one  and  one-half  cents  per  mile.  It  costs  from  6c 
TO  10c  PER  MILE  to  operate  your  car.  Save  the  difference 
by  purchasing  the  new  coach  tickets. 

—  It  Pays  To  Save — 


Tabic  Showing  Total  Fares  on 


Basis  Cents  Per  Mile 


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.24 

.30 

.39 

.46 

.57 

.65 

.71 

.72 

.80 

.85 

.93 

.99 

1.13 

.35 

.41 

.42 

Dan  River 

.12 

.12 

.19 

.27 

.34 

.45 

.53 

.59 

.61 

.68 

.7  3 

.81 

.87 

1.01 

.2  3 

.29 

.31 

Oak  Hill 

.24 

.12 

.07 

15 

.22 

.33 

.41 

.47 

.49 

.56 

.61 

.69 

.75 

89 

.11 

.17 

.19 

Leakiville  Jet. 

.JO 

.19 

.07 

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.16 

.27 

.35 

.41 

.13 

.50 

.55 

.63 

.69 

.8  3 

.05 

.1  1 

.12 

Aiken  Summit 

.39 

.27 

.15 

.09 

.08 

.19 

.27 

.3  J 

.34 

.42 

.47 

.55 

.61 

.75 

.13 

.19 

.21 

Axcon 

.4ft 

.34 

.22 

.16 

.08 

.11 

.20 

.26 

.27 

.35 

.40 

.18 

.5  3 

.68 

.20 

.26 

.28 

Ch.it  mow 

.57 

.45 

.33 

.27 

.19 

.11 

.09 

.15 

.16 

.24 

.29 

.37 

.47 

.57 

.31 

.37 

.39 

Martinsville 

.65 

.5  3 

.41 

.35 

.27 

.20 

.09 

.07 

.08 

.16 

.21 

.29 

.34 

.49 

.39 

.45 

.47 

Koehler  <N.  &.  W.  Jet.) 

.71 

.59 

.47 

.41 

.33 

.26 

15 

.07 

.05 

.10 

.14 

.23 

.28 

.43 

.46 

.52 

.53 

i-icldale 

.  .72 

.61 

.49 

.43 

.34 

.27 

.16 

.08 

.05 

.08 

.1  3 

.21 

.27 

.41 

.47 

.5  3 

.55 

Prciton 

.80 

.68 

.56 

.50 

.42 

.35 

.24 

.16 

.10 

.08 

.05 

.14 

.19 

.33 

.55 

.61 

.62 

Spencer 

.85 

.73 

.61 

.55 

.47 

.10 

.29 

.21 

.14 

.13 

.05 

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.14 

.29 

.60 

.66 

.67 

Stella 

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.81 

.69 

.63 

.55 

.48 

.37 

.29 

.2  3 

.21 

.14 

.09 

Oft 

.20 

.68 

.74 

.75 

Critr 

.99 

.87 

.75 

.69 

.61 

.5) 

.42 

.34 

.28 

.27 

.19 

.14 

.06 

.15 

.73 

.79 

.81 

Stuart 

1.13 

1.01 

.89 

.83 

.75 

.68 

.57 

.49 

.4  3 

.41 

.33 

.29 

.20 

.15 

.88 

.94 

.95 

Draper 

.35 

.23 

.11 

.05 

.13 

.20 

.31 

.39 

.46 

.47 

.55 

.60 

.68 

.73 

.88 

.06 

.08 

Spray 

.41 

.29 

.17 

.11 

.19 

.26 

.37 

.45 

.52 

.53 

.61 

.66 

.74 

.79 

.94 

.06 

.05 

l.eak*ville 

.42 

.31 

.19 

.12 

.21 

.28 

.39 

.47 

.53 

.55 

.62 

.67 

.75 

.81 

.95 

.08 

.OS 

The  Danville  and  Western  Railway  Company  in  offering  this 
substantial  reduction  in  one-way  coach  fares  believes  this 
action  will  be  appreciated  by  the  public  and  the  response  will 
be  an  immediate  increase  in  passenger  travel. 


WE  NEED  YOUR  PATRONAGE 

TRAVEL  BY  TRAIN 

Comfortable  .  Economical  .  Safe 


W.  J.  O'PRY,  Superintendent,  Danville,  Va. 

Danville  &  Western 


54 


A  Continuing  Tribute  to  ... 

Annie  Dobyns  Reynolds  Tompkins 

Wade  Nelson  is  among  hundreds  who  remember  visits  by  Mrs.  Annie  Dobyns 
Reynolds  Tompkins  to  Hardin  Reynolds  classes.  “She’d  visit  our  class  and  ask, 
‘What’s  the  name  of  your  school?”  Wade  wrote  in  his  twelve  years  of  memories  as  a 
Class  of  1956  member.  “We’d  yell  back  in  unison,  ‘Critz!” 

“No,  no,  no,”  Wade  remembers  her  correction,  before  she  continued  with  “Boys 
and  girls,  it’s  Hardin  Reynolds.” 

The  school  became  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  April  23,  1927,  named  for  Ms. 
Tompkins’  father-in-law.  Her  first  husband,  Harbour  Reynolds,  was  one  of  sixteen 
children  born  to  Hardin  and  Nancy  Jane  Cox  Reynolds.  Eight  of  the  children,  which 
also  included  Richard  Joshua  (R.J.),  survived  to  adulthood,  according  to  Patrick 
Reynolds  (R.J.’s  grandson)  in  The  Gilded  Leaf,  a  book  he  wrote  with  Tom  Shachtman 
and  Little,  Brown  published  more  than  a  dozen  years  ago.  Will  Reynolds,  one  of  the 
younger  sons,  loaned  his  name  to  the  Future  Farmers  of  America  chapter  at  Hardin 
Reynolds.  He  also  donated  the  gymnasium  after  being  contacted  by  Nannie  Ruth  Cooper  Terry,  the  wife  of  N.C. 
Terry,  vocational  agriculture  teacher  and  later  principal  at  Hardin  Reynolds. 

A  son  of  Abram  and  Polly  Harbour  Reynolds,  Hardin  was  only  one  generation  removed  from  Scotch/Irish 
Methodists  families  who  came  from  Northern  Virginia  and  Pennsylvania  to  settle  in  Patrick  County.  Abram’s 
brothers  went  west.  His  younger  son  (David)  became  ill  and  died  after  an  1836  trip  to  barter  bacon  and  tobac¬ 
co  for  sugar,  coffee,  wine,  brandy  and  dry  goods  to  resell.  David’s  death,  at  the  age  of  25,  and  Abram’s  death  a 
year  later  (1837),  left  Hardin  the  sole  owner  of  a  thousand-acre  estate  and  a  thriving  chewing  tobacco  business. 
After  five  years,  Hardin  married  eighteen-year  old  Nancy  Jane  who  lived  just  beyond  the  North  Carolina  line,  a 
two-day  ride  from  Rock  Spring,  the  Reynolds  home.  Hardin  was  relatively  unlettered,  but  his  bride  is  said  to  have 
written  a  beautiful  hand,  She  also  could  play  the  piano  and  sing.  The  older  sons,  Abram  and  R.  J.,  attended  a 
private  school  that  Hardin  supported.  Entering  students  had  to  be  eight  years  old,  and  school  was  in  session  for 
only  eighty  days. 

Annie  Dobyns  was  a  schoolteacher  when  she  married  Harbour  Reynolds,  who,  according  to  The  Gilded 
Leaf,  graduated  from  an  agricultural  college.  According  to  the  same  source,  Harbour’s  brothers  and  sisters  were 
schooled  in  what  is  today  termed  higher  education.  Abram,  the  eldest  son,  applied  to  Virginia  Military  Institute 
after  Christmas  1862,  but  the  school  had  no  room  for  him  until  1863.  In  1867,  he  went  to  Bryant  and  Stratton 
Business  College  in  Baltimore.  R.  J.  was  enrolled  two  times  at  Emory  and  Henry,  before  going  to  Bryant  and 
Stratton.  Walter  and  Will  attended  King’s  College  in  Bristol,  and  Walter  completed  advanced  courses  at 
Randolph-Macon  College.  Mary  Joyce  went  to  Salem  Female  Academy,  a  Moravian  boarding  school  in  North 
Carolina,  and  Lucy  Burroughs  attended  Sullins  College  near  Bristol. 

Ms.  Tompkins,  to  say  the  very  least,  was  well  acquainted  with  education,  and  the  1940  annual  was  dedi¬ 
cated  to  her.  She  funded  the  Lucy  Reynolds  Music  Class,  in  memory  of  a  daughter  who  died  in  1 929.  Forty-three 
of  the  smallest  members  were  selected  each  year  for  the  Lucy  Reynolds  Rhythm  Band,  which  was  directed  by 
students,  one  of  whom  was  Thomas  Eddie  Tatum,  a  current  school  board  member.  The  Lucy  Reynolds 
Harmonica  Band  was  organized  in  1933-34.  A  colorful  and  easily  remembered  person,  Ms.  Tompkins  had  a  gold 
tooth  that  was  quite  visible  while  she  was  talking  or  laughing,  and  she  never  was  in  public  without  dangling  gold 
earrings.  She  resorted  frequently  to  “Ahh  me,”  which  was  recalled  by  another  Hardin  Reynolds  alumnus.  “I  was 
helping  Valley  Penn  gather  rocks  from  fields  and  ground  slide  them  to  another  location,”  the  alumnus  remem¬ 
bered.  “Valley,  an  African-American  tenant,  was  not  known  for  fast  moving  or  fast  working.  The  alumnus  remem¬ 
bered  Ms.  Tompkins  saying,  “Ahh  me,  Valley.  Just  drop  them.  Don’t  count  them,” 

The  Hardin  Reynolds  class  visits  often  were  the  occasions  for  passing  out  manufacturer’s  soap  and  tooth¬ 
paste  samples,  with  the  “Cleanliness  is  next  to  Godliness”  admonition.  Singing  to  Mrs.  Tompkins  was  a  regular 
feature  of  class  visits.  Former  students  probably  welcome  reminders  of  their  lack  of  shyness  with 

“We’ll  sing  to  Mrs.  Tompkins,  Mrs.  Tompkins,  Mrs.  Tompkins. 

“We’ll  sing  to  Mrs.  Tompkins,  for  we  love  her  so. 

“For  she  is  a  daisy,  and  we  are  just  crazy  about  Mrs.  Tompkins,  for  we  love  her  so.” 

This  tribute  attempt  hopes  to  be  an  indication  that  we  are  still  grateful,  Mrs.  Tompkins,  and  we  still  love  you 
so. 


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Class  of  1950 


1st.  Row:  Margaret  Spencer 
Bocock,  Gaynelle  Durham  Amos, 
Audrey  Wray  Richardson,  Tressie 
Cassell  Cooper,  Lenna  Barbour 
Martin,  Inis  Roark* 

2nd  Row:  Lena  Fulcher  Amos, 
Mary  Martin  Corns,  Bernice  Smith 
Moore,  Edith  Sheppard  Joyce, 
Vera  Pilson  Turner 

3rd  Row:  J.B.  Hodges,  Tom  Corns, 
Bill  Bingman,  Jessie  Roark 

4th  Row:  Phil  Hagan,  Clyde 
Nelson,  Paul  Corns,  Charles 
Cummings 

5th  Row:  Henry  Hill,  Fred  Gilley, 
Bobby  Leach,  Ralph  Stovall 

6th  Row:  Marshall  Hall,  Junior 
Turner,  J.P.  Via,  David  Tatum, 

Leon  Cooper 

Not  Pictured:  Helen  Reynolds, 
Marie  Slate 


Fifty  Years  Later 


The  Class  of  1950  graduated  30  members.  Since  our  gradu¬ 
ation  we  have  lost  to  death,  7  members,  Inis  Roark,  Charles 
Cummings,  Henry  Hill,  Ralph  Stovall,  Bobby  Leach,  Marshall 
Hall,  and  Edith  Sheppard. 

Since  we  graduated,  we  have  had  four  class  reunions.  Our 
first  reunion  was  held  in  1990  at  the  V.F.W.  Post  7800  in  Patrick 
Springs.  A  reunion  was  held  at  the  home  of  Junior  and  Shelby 
Turner,  another  at  the  home  of  Clyde  and  Betty  Nelson.  Our  last 
reunion  was  held  at  Dear  Old  H.R.M.S.  All  of  these  get  togeth¬ 
er  were  thoroughly  enjoyed  by  all  who  attended. 

In  1 996  our  class  decided  to  start  a  scholarship  fund  to  award 
to  deserving  students.  To  date  we  have  awarded  10  scholar¬ 
ships  for  a  total  of  $3,700.  We  are  very  proud  of  our  scholarship 
fund  and  those  that  have  received  them. 

Very  few  of  us  have  ventured  far  from  home.  Most  of  us  have 
settled  in  Patrick  and  Henry  Counties.  As  a  whole,  we  are  very 
close  and  really  care  for  each  other.  Only  two  members  of  our 
class  are  married  to  each  other,,  they  are  Tressie  Cassell  and 
Leon  Cooper. 

It  would  be  so  wonderful  to  see  everyone  attend  the  banquet 
this  year.  Mary  Martin  Corns 


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Class  of  1951 


1st  Row:Vivian  Virginia  Roop,  Barbara  Juanita  Burnette,  Margaret  Mabelle  Compton,  Mildred  Louise  Turner,  Eldean  Icy 
Stovall,  Barbara  Virginia  Bolejack,  Maudie  Gerdean  Roop,  Hattie  Martin  Turner 

2nd  Row:  Lillie  Mae  Fulcher,  Barbara  Jean  Edwards,  James  Edward  Justice,  Joe  David  Cobbler,  Wilbur  Douglas 
Campbell,  Lucille  Fulcher,  Jolene  Martin  Robertson 

3rd  Row:  George  Elwood  Joyce,  Lenwood  Cecil  Spencer,  Joseph  James  Martin,  Frank  Staley  Tatum,  Douglas  Weldon 
Cooper,  William  James  Epperley,  Isaac  Lester  Sheppard. 

Not  pictured:  William  Hurst  Barbour 

Remember  when:  The  parties  Mrs.  Bili  Ehmann  gave  our  class  at  her  home?  The  square  dances  Mr.  Terry  had  in  the 
library  for  the  FFA  and  the  FHA.?  The  night  that  the  FFA  and  the  FHA  had  a  wiener  roast  at  the  picnic  shelter  at 
Fairystone  Park  and  a  very  bad  storm  came  up?  Cornelius  Stovall  drove  a  school  bus  so  everyone  could  go.  After  he 
left  Ralph  Bowles  off  on  the  way  home,  he  had  to  turn  the  bus  around.  The  water  had  gotten  out  of  the  creek  banks,  so 
Ralph  Stovall  pulled  off  his  shoes,  rolled  his  pant  legs  above  his  knees,  waded  out  into  the  water  and  directed  his 
brother  on  turning  the  bus  around.  Myrtle  Leach  and  Mildred  Huddle  carried  the  seniors  to  UVA  to  a  football  game?  The 
8th  grade  FHA  and  FFA  initiation?  Our  Junior  and  Senior  banquet  at  the  Astor  Cafe?  The  good  food  that  Mrs.  Freeman 
and  Mrs.  Byrd  served  us  in  the  cafeteria? 

The  class  of  1951  had  23  members.  The  highlight  that  year  was  probably  the  finest  year  for  the  baseball  team.  Not  only 
did  they  have  an  excellent  regular  season,  but  went  on  to  win  the  District  “R”  Championship.  J.W.  Bittle  was  the  coach 
of  the  team.  Four  of  our  classmates  were  on  the  team.  Hattie  Martin  Turner  &  Douglas  W.  Cooper 


William  H.  Barbour 
James  E.  Justice 
J.  D.  Cobler 
George  E.  Joyce 
Frankie  Tatum 
William  Epperly 
Joseph  J.  Martin 
Margaret  Compton  Stovall 
Barbara  Bolejack  Brown 
Eldean  Stovall* 

Gerdean  Roop 
Blankenship 

Lillie  Fulcher  Wiggington* 


Douglas  W.  Cooper 
Barbara  Burnette  Morris 
Hattie  Martin  Turner 
Mildred  Turner  Stone 
Lenwood  Cecil  Spencer 
Isaac  Sheppard* 

Wilbur  Campbell* 
Barbara  Jean  Edwards 
Hopkins 

Jolene  Martin  Robertson 
Vivian  Roop  Rutlidge 
Lucille  Fulcher  Wyatt 


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Class  of  1952 


Left  to  right:  Row  1 :  Mascots  Kathryn  Anthony,  Larry  Brown;  Row  2:  Mae  Reynolds  Holoman,  Elaine  Nicholson  Corns,  Barbara 
Lee  Martin  Hanes,  Christine  Wimbish  Pratt,  Carol  Dean  Lawson,  Dana  Quesinberry  Markham,  Jackie  Manor  Baker;  Row  3: 
Mary  Lou  Worley,  Claudia  Layman  Dillon,  Betty  Jane  Plaster*,  Lillian  Doss  Hall*,  Dae  Reynolds  Williams,  Ruby  Lee  Vernon 
Clark,  Charles  David  Staples;  Row  4:  Billy  H.  Nelson,  Eret  Lee  Ayers,  Bruce  Ayers*,  Shelburne  Bowles,  Jimmy  East,  William 
(Bud)  Justice*  Oliver  Roark;  Row  5:  Russell  Roberts  Tudor,  James  D  (Jimmy)  Wood*,  Frank  Stone,  Charles  L.  Smart,  Glen 
Stovall,  Clarence  Hall,  Grady  Moir  Foley  —  Not  Pictured:  Thomas  Hylton* 


Baseball 


I  have  very  good  memories  of  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School. 
There  were  12  of  our  class  that  started  in  the  first  grade  together. 
We  added  students  in  the  7th  grade  from  nearby  grade  schools  and 
more  later  from  other  schools.  I  enjoyed  going  back  to  school  in  the 
fall,  as  I  grew  up  on  a  tobacco  farm  and  had  to  work  hard  in  the 
summer. 

I  remember  eating  in  the  lunch  room  and  they  served  thick  slices 
of  bologna  that  I  didn’t  like;  however,  I  liked  most  of  the  lunches 
especially  Mary  Hodges’  biscuits. 

We  enjoyed  the  FFA  -  FHA  parties,  our  PJ  parties  at  Dana  Q’s,  our 
Junior-Senior  Banquet  at  the  Club  Martinique  and  many  other  activ¬ 
ities. 

Our  class  was  always  very  close  and  have  had  many  reunions.  In 
the  last  10  years  we  have  met  every  2  years  with  our  spouses  at 
the  Dutch  Inn  Restaurant  at  Martinsville  for  a  meal  and  to  remi¬ 
nisce.  This  year  is  our  50th  reunion.  Ruby  Vernon  Clark 


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Class  of  1 953 


1st  Row:  Alice  Tatum  Price,  Sallie  Ruth  Rogers  Tatum,  Kathleen  Hyton  Pigg,  Ralph  Bowles,  Valeria  Ann  Shively 
Nelson,  Garnet  Hundley  Waddill 

2nd  Row:  Frances  Bingman  Ashburn,  Frances  Mabe,  Herman  Roark,  Betty  Ingram  Layman,  Dora  Critz  Brown 
3rd  Row:  Thelma  Cauley  Cassell,  Richard  Bocock,  Alberta  Stovall  Shelton,  Calvin  Shockley,  Leona  Purcesll 
Cobbler* 

4th  Row:  Penn  Zentmeyer,  Ted  Lee  Rea,  Elwood  Martin,  Delano  Doss.  Not  Pictured:  Iris  Hall  Flowers 


The  class  of  1953  began  school  with  the  onset  of  World  War  II  and  graduated  during  the  Korean  War  (June  3,  1953).  We  had 
21  class  members  to  graduate  with  six  of  them  completing  the  12  years  together.  At  graduation,  Mr.  C.W.  Woodroof  was  prin¬ 
cipal  and  Mrs.  Bili  Ehmann  was  class  sponsor.  During  our  twelve  years,  we  were  joined  by  students  from  the  smaller  schools  in 


the  County,  including  Patrick  Springs,  Via,  Big  A  and  others. 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Unfortunately,  many  students  dropped  out  of  high  school  to  “get 
married,"  as  married  or  pregnant  students  could  not  attend 
school  at  that  time.  Several  of  these  students  later  returned  or 
received  GED’s.  Two  students,  Leona  Purcell  Cobler  and 
Elwood  Martin  are  deceased.  At  this  time,  most  of  our  class¬ 
mates  are  retired:  several  have  severe  health  problems.  At  least 
13  are  living  in  the  general  area.  None  of  us  “set  the  world  on 
fire,"  but  we  become  self-supporting  citizens.  After  high  school, 
we  scattered,  some  to  college,  several  married  and  remained  in 
the  area  to  raise  their  families;  others  enrolled  in  services.  While 
many  of  us  live  in  the  area,  some  of  our  group  ended  up  in 
California  and  other  distant  areas.  Now,  most  of  us  are  enjoying 
our  grandchildren,  great  grandchildren,  our  homes,  gardening 
and  volunteer  work.  Alice  Tatum  Price 


Boy’s  Basketball 


Boy’s  Baseball 


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Class  of  1 954 


Frances  Cassell  Mason,  Elizabeth  Clifton  Adkins,  Blanche  Cochram  Williams,  Carol  Cooper  DeBruhl,  Louise  Craig 
Lineberry,  Ethylene  Edwards  Nelson,  Marie  Foley  Deshazo,  Betty  Justice  Anderson,  Shirley  Mabe  Roark,  Nancy  Nelson 
Wood,  Norma  Nelson  Plaster*,  Doris  Ratliff  Eggleston,  Glenda  Martin,  Ann  Sheppard  Prado,  Louise  Slate  Dillon,  Peggy 
Ross  Turner,  Arthur  Ayers,  Fred  Brown,  Stafford  Cassidy,  Kennon  Clark,  William  East,  Robert  C.  Foley,  Troy  Goard,  Hallie 
Cochram  Brown,  W.  Curtis  Hall,  Hardin  Hopkins,  S.  Roger  Reynolds,  Harold  Smart,  John  G.  Staples 


Boy’s  Basketball 


The  class  of  1954  thought  we  were  special  until  our  princi¬ 
pal,  Mr.  Woodroof,  moved  the  senior  home  room  from  the 
high  school  building  to  a  room  in  the  girls  dormitory,  which 
was  across  from  the  cafeteria’s  food  storage  room.  We 
soon  overcame  and  enjoyed  cans  of  peaches  and  pears  all 
year,  unbeknown  to  Mrs.  Hodge.  The  highlight  that  year 
was  when  our  classmate  was  crowned  “Miss  HRMS.”  Nice 
going,  Shirley!  We  all  had  a  great  time  at  “Ole  HRMS”  and 
are  very  proud  to  have  been  a  part  of  its  history. 

Carol  Cooper  DeBruhl 


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61 


Class  of  1955 


Sue  Reynolds  Smart,  Loritta  Barbour  Murphy,  Natalie  Carol  Tudor,  John  D.  Plaster,  Jr.,  Machel  Biggs,  Geroge  W. 
Joyce*,  Hoyte  L.  Nelson,  James  Lloyd  Stone,  Lonnie  E.  Stone,  Frances  Bryant  Martin,  Everlene  Craig  Helms,  Shirley 
Lee  Mabe*,  Daniel  Lee  Tatum,  Drue  Reynolds  Hurd,  Shirley  Barbour  Caviness,  Sara  Anne  Rea  Rakestraw,  Eunice 
Roark  Robertson,  William  D.  Hudson,  Jr.,  C.  B.  Mills,  Jr.*,  Billy  Via  Stone,  James  Lee  Tuggle,  Doris  Jefferson  Stone, 
Margaret  Cummings  Ullrich,  Jean  Hylton,  Maxine  Rogers  Howell,  Shirley  Via  Barbour 


In  the  fall  of  1943,  too  young  to  realize  what  it  meant  to  be  engaged  in  World  War  II  conflict,  approximately  35  excited 
students  entered  the  never-to-be-forgotten  halls  of  HRMS.  We  were  greeted  by  Miss  Maude  Tudor  who  nurtured  us 
through  first  grade.  We  have  vivid  memories  of  the  sand  box  in  the  corner  of  the  room  and  the  “cloak  room”.  Only  ten 
of  the  students  who  entered  first  grade  went  on  to  graduate  from  HRMS. 

Our  second  grade  teacher  was  Miss  Margaret  Waller,  and  Mrs.  Carlyne  Cooper  was  third  grade  teacher.  Fourth  grade 
brought  excitement  when  sometime  during  the  school  year  Miss  Thelma  Taylor  became  Mrs.  Perry  Smart.  Mrs.  Mamie 
Zentmeyer,  fifth  grade  teacher,  Miss  Eva  Sheppard,  sixth  grade,  and  Miss  Pearl  Brown,  seventh,  all  helped  to  get  us 

ready  for  the  big  move  to  high  school.  Making  this  move 
meant  only  moving  to  another  building. 

We  began  our  freshman  year  with  43  students.  By  our  soph¬ 
omore  year  we  had  lost  six  classmates  making  only  37  tenth 
graders.  Our  junior  class  consisted  of  32  members.  Twenty 
five  of  these  students  went  on  to  graduate  high  school  in 
1955. 

Mr.  C.W.  Woodroof  was  principal  at  the  time  of  our  gradua¬ 
tion. 

We  all  remember  going  to  Jimmie  Lee  Via’s  store  for  lunch 
when  ten  cents  would  buy  a  coke  and  nabs.  We  would  sit  on 
the  rock  wall  and  enjoy  the  one-hour  lunch  break.  Recess 
time,  FFA/FHA  parties,  ball  games,  class  plays,  receiving 

and  exchanging  class  rings,  _ 

and  Junior/Senior  Proms  are 
all  good  memories  of  our  high 

school  days. 

Since  graduation  we  have  lost  three  classmates, 

Billy  Joyce,  Shirley  Mabe,  and  C.  B.  Mills.  We  feel 
fortunate  to  have  shared  so  many  happy  times 
with  them. 

Rita  Barbour  Murphy 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Boy's  Basketball 


Baseball 


62 


Class  of  1 956 


Cuba  Shelton  Benfield,  Jr. 
Tobe  Martin  Clark 
Gale  Manor 
Wayne  Purcell 
Fred  N.  Smart 
Travis  D.  Witt 
Pauline  Craig  Ratliff 
Lillian  Hundley  Moore  Hale 
Marie  Ingram  Ramsey* 
Pauline  Hall  Rakes 
Mary  Evelyn  Purcell  Adams* 
Ruth  Roark  Handy 
Clarice  Trent  Williams 
Emily  Umbarger  Hartzell 
Ray  Sheppard 
Royai  Clay  Burgart 
Robert  Hall 
G.  Wade  Nelson 
Clay  W.  Rea 
Jimmy  Taylor 
Linda  Ayers  Vinson 
Gwen  Hewitt  Adams 
Joye  Hylton  Nelson 
Frances  Keffer  Stone 
Jean  Mills  Bouldin 
Louise  Reynolds  Johnson 
Doris  Stowe  Corn 
Louise  Wright  Ruddle 
Virginia  Via  Roberson 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Wade  Nelson  remembers  twelve  years  of  school  as 
a  continuing  series  of  surprises,  challenges,  frustrations 
and  steady  advancement.  Although  Wade  and  his  fellow 
1944  first  graders  had  to  learn  the  alphabet  forward  and 
backward,  that  near  useless  knowledge  became  prepa¬ 
ration  for  meeting  dictionaries  in  the  fifth  grade.  Learning 
also  could  offer  a  surprising  catch:  Using  the  library  was 
fun,  but  the  Dewey  Decimal  System  had  to  be  learned. 
The  results  of  Wade’s  enviable  memory  may  be  read  on 
Memories,  page  92. 


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Boy’s  Basketball 


63 


Class  of  1957 


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w. 


Nancy  Umbarger  Stanley 
Hoyte  Martin 
Patricia  Ramey 
Charles  Smith 
Raford  Roark* 


Nancy  Plaster  Hillyard 
Allie  Stowe  Martin 
Elaine  Gilley  Hancock 
Harold  Barbour* 
Richard  Martin 


O  A  (T) 

id  y  . 


Junior  Wright 

Nannie  Ruth  Cobbler  Merritt 
Gladys  Fulcher  Collins 
Lottie  Griffin  Smart 
Dornice  Hutchens  Carter 
Betty  Sue  Lawless  Handy 
Barbara  Plaster  Fain 
Jean  Stone  Maxey 
Eva  J.  Manning 


Mamie  Bowles  Stone 
Donna  Foley* 

Peggy  Gilley  Shore 
Patricia  Hodges  Murphy 
Hazel  Hylton  Coleman 
Shelby  Jean  Mankins  Dalton 
Rebecca  Shough  Witt 
Jean  Tuggle  Martin 
David  C.  Hancock 


I  attended  HRMS  twelve  years  and  I  have 
many  fond  memories,  more  than  I  can 
mention  here.  Just  to  mention  a  few  are 
the  beautiful  old  buildings  that  are  no 
longer  there,  the  campus  that  looked  so 
much  like  a  college  campus,  knowing  all 
the  students  and  our  great  cooks  in  the 
cafeteria.  But,  most  of  all,  the  teachers 
that  not  only  taught  us  reading,  writing 
and  arithmetic,  but  about  life. 


Shelby  Mankins  Dalton 


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Class  of  1958 


Mack  Craddock,  Jr. 
Helen  Via  Puckett 
Mary  Frances  Tatum 
Spencer 

Dollie  Gilley  McNabb 
Jesse  Bryant 
Inez  Shelton  Carter 
Carson  Hopkins 
Bill  Layman 
J.  E.  Maxey 
Leon  Ratliff 

Sceney  Dare  Doss  Boyd 
Frances  Gunter  Moss 
Margaret  Martin  Shelton 
Arlene  Nelson  Conway 
Maude  Trent  Skinnell 
Ann  Wright  Turner 


Nancy  Cooper  Howell 
Winfred  Clark  Smith 
J.  E.  Cobbler 
Edward  Bocock 
Leon  N.  Carter 
Lindsey  Carter 
Woody  Keffer 
Paul  G.  Layman 
Coy  Tatum 
Robert  Alan  Witt 
Maxine  Edwards  Handy 
Sue  Hylton  Gilley 
Phyllis  Martin  Barbour 
Patsy  Shough  McDaniel 
Nancy  Wimbish  Holcomb 


The  class  of  ‘58  never  won  any  trophies  nor 
any  tournaments,  but  we  were  a  close  and 
fun  class.  Our  meeting  place  was  the  big 
beautiful  campus. 

Thirty-one  members  and  43  years  later,  all 
are  still  living.  Remarkable! 

Our  trip  to  Washington,  when  we  were  jun¬ 
iors,  with  the  senior  class,  was  one  of  our 
most  memorable  events.  We  will  never  for¬ 
get  the  annual  staff  trip  to  collect  ads,  our 
pajama  parties  (even  as  seniors). 

Also,  we  will  always  remember  the  great 
cooks  in  the  “lunch  room.”  Our  class  always 
wanted  to  be  last  in  the  lunch  line,  because 
we  got  everything  that  was  left  brought  out 
in  bowls,  and  plates  of  good  hot  biscuits. 
Our  classmate,  Ann  Wright,  was  chosen 
Miss  HRMS  in  1958. 

Winnie  Clark  Smith 


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Class  of  1959 


Rebecca  Byrd  Strokesberry,  Carolyn  Legge  Andrews,  Judith  Brown  Knight,  Peggy  Wright  Stone,  Faralina  Hancock 
Conway,  Patricia  Goard  Lea,  Mary  Lou  Bowles  Stone,  Ralph  Reynolds*,  Paul  Gilley,  David  Nelson,  Linwood  Mabe,  , 
Cornelia  Barbour  Tatum,  Wilmer  Biggs  Deal,  Carolyn  Hoyle  Gorman,  Ruby  Via  Walker,  Leonard  Wright*,  William 
Hawks,  Margie  Bowles  Witt*,  Chester  S.  Turner,  Wasena  Conway,  Norman  Biggs, 


Girl’s  Basketball  Boy’s  Basketball 


The  senior  class  of  1959  consist¬ 
ed  of  twenty-one.  Our  sponsors, 

Mrs.  Mary  Turner  and  Mrs. 

Elizabeth  Clark  were  a  great 
influence  in  making  our  senior 
year  a  successful  one. 

Plays,  banquets,  parties,  our 
Washington  trip,  and  graduation 
were  some  of  the  events  enjoyed 
by  all. 

Judy  Brown  Knight 
Baseball  Cheerleaders 


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CLASS  COLORS: 
Red  and  White 


The  Pack-Rat 

-  (WE  STEAL  THE  NE\\  S)  - 


VOL.  I 


CRITZ,  VIRGINIA,  MAY,  1950 


CLASS  MOTTO:  Conduct 
and  Courage  lead  to  Honor 


NO.  4 


Congratulations  --  Seniors  o£  H.  R.  M.  S.,  ’50 


row:  lelt  to  right — Mary  Martin,  Salutatorian  and  Secretary- 
treasurer;  Edith  Sheppard,  Henry  Hill,  Valedictorian  and  Business 
Manager  of  "Pack-Rat";  Inis  Roak,  Bobby  Leach,  Lenna  Barbour, 
Gaynelie  Durham  Amos.  Second  row:  Charles  Cummings,  Clyde 
Nelson,  Bernice  Smith,  J.  P.  Via,  President  of  Class;  Lena  Fulcher, 


Fred  Gilley,  Editor  of  "Pack-Rat";  Philip  Hagan.  Third  row:  Her¬ 
bert  Corns,  Audree  Wray,  J.  B.  Hodges,  Tressie  Cassell,  Leon  Cooper, 
Vera  Pilson,  Paul  Corns.  Fourth  row:  Marshall  Hall,  Marie  Slate,  Junior 
Turner,  Jessie  Roak,  Ralph  Stovall,  Margaret  Bocock,  David  Tatum. 


THANKS  JUNIORS 

I  would  like  to  take  this  op¬ 
portunity  to  express  to  the  Junior 
Class  the  pleasure  it  has  been  to 
me  to  be  a  member  of  their  group, 
the  pride  I  have  taken  in  being 
the  presiding  officer  of  the  class, 
and  my  appreciation  of  all  the 
class  has  done  for  me.  I  could 
never  express  my  thanks  for  the 
handsome  gifts  you  gave  me.  They 
were  certainly  unexpected  and  I 
am  afraid  undeserved,  but  I  want 
you  to  know  that  no  other  gifts 
will  ever  mean  quite  as  much  to 
me  as  yours.  So  thank  you  again 
and  again 

Fred  Gilley 


SENIOR  ROLL  CALL 

Gaynelie  Amos; 

Here  is  one  both  sweet  and  swell, 
Lenna  Barbour: 

Our  Gaynelie. 

She’ll  make  a  name  playing 
Any  Instrument  you  please, 
Especially  the  piano 
Or  the  typewriter  keys. 

Bill  Bingman: 

He  may  not  be  as  tall  as  some 
But  he  tops  them  all  in  wit,  by¬ 
gum! 

Margaret  Bocock: 

That  complexion!  Those  eyes! 
That  hair! 

Wait,  television — she’ll  be  there! 
(Continued  on  page  two) 


OUR  REGRETS 

The  students  and  faculty  of  H. 
R.  M.  S.  regret  losing  some  of  the 
Important  spokes  of  our  “faculty 
wheel",  with  the  passing  of  this 
school  year. 

To  Mr.  D.  J.  Horne,  our  princi¬ 
pal,  we  wish  to  say  "thank  you 
for  your  excellent  leadership  and 
personal  guidance.  It  has  been 
very  pleasant  knowing  you  these 
three  years.  As  you  leave  we  wish 
to  express  our  sincere  thanks  and 
wish  you  the  best  of  luck.  We 
trust  that  you  will  find  your  work 
enjoyable  and  we  hope  to  know 
you  soon  as,  Dr.  Horne.  Above  all 
wherever  you  go,  we  hope  that 
you  will  always  find  the  fish 


;  OUR  THANKS 

The  staff  of  the  Pack-Rat  wishes 
to  express  it’s  thanks  to  Mrs. 
Ehmann  for  giving  us  a  school  pa¬ 
per  this  year.  We  deeply  appre¬ 
ciate  all  that  she  has  been  to  the 
Pack-Rat,  and  will  misss  her  very 
much  as  she  leaves. 

If  the  Pack-Rat  is  published 
next  year,  we  hope  to  be  able 
to  maintain  your  school  paper 
just  as  Mrs.  Ehmann  has  started  it, 
for  has  it  not  been  for  her  untir¬ 
ing  efforts  the  Pack-Rat  could 
never  existed. 


bitting  fine.” 

We  feel  that  misfortune  has 
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THE  PACK-HAT 


RAGE  THREE 


GALLOPING  POLL  OF  OPINION 


Name;  Mildred  Huddle 
Pet  Hate:  Unjust  Criticism 
Favorite  Song:  “Sentimental 
Me’’ 

Favorite  Food:  Steak 
Pet  Pastime:  Dancing 
Ambition:  Home  Maker 
Dream  Man:  Jimmy  Stewart 
Worst  Habit:  Pessimistic 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Ironing 


Name:  Sally  Rogers 
Pet  Hate:  Teasing 
Favorite  Song:  “Quick  Silver” 
Favorite  Food:  Potato  Salad 
Pet  Pastime:  Riding  in  Ford 
Trucks 

Ambition:  Marriage 
Dream  Man;  David  Tatum 
Worst  Habit:  Day  Dreaming 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Studying 
History 


Name:  Carlyne  Gillie 
Pet  Hate:  Men 

Favorite  Song:  “Blues  Stay  A- 
way  From  Me” 

Favorite  Food:  Hot  Dogs 

Pet  Pastime:  Riding  in  Fords 

Ambition :  Marriage 

Dream  Man:  Willard  Nelson 

Worst  Habit:  Kissing 

Most  Disliked  Job:  Courting 


Name:  Ann  Jarrett 
Pet  Hate:  History 
Favorite  Song:  “Give  A  Little" 
Favorite  Food:  Bacon  and  To¬ 
mato  Sandwich 

Pet  Pastime;  Sailing  a  Battle¬ 
ship 

Ambition:  Sail  on  the  U.  S.  S. 
Leyte 

Dream  Man:  “Hub” 

Worst  Habit:  Flirting  with  boys 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Sitting 
through  English  Class 


Name:  Phil  Hagan  and  Ott 
Cooper 

Pet  Hate:  Women 
Favorite  Song  “Jackass  Cara¬ 
van” 

Favorite  Food:  Chop-Suey 
Dream  Girl:  Judy  Canova 
Ambition :  Hermit 
Pet  Pastime ;  Sleeping 
Worst  Habit:  Getting  up  in  the 
morning 

Most  Disliked  job:  English 


Name:  Inis  Roark 
Pet  Hate:  Mule  Train 
Favorite  Song:  “Charlottesville 
Blues” 

Favorite  Food:  Something  to 
eat 

Pet  Pastime:  Dancing 
Ambition:  Husband  and  a 

house  full  of  kids,  not  under  12. 

Dream  Man:  “Mr”.  Junior 

Smart 

Worst  Habit:  Giggles 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Work 


Name:  Valeria  Shivley 
Pet  Hate;  History 
Favorite  Song:  “Dear  Hearts 
and  Gentle  People” 

Favorite  Food:  Hamburger 
Dream  Man:  Bill  Mallany 


Ambition :  Love 

Pet  Pastime:  Reading  funny 
books 

Worst  Habit;  Bitting  my  finger¬ 
nails 

Most  Disliked  Job:  Staying  in 
the  Library 


Name:  Mildred  Martin 
Pet  Hate:  Boys 

Favorite  Song:  “Ain’t  Misbe¬ 
having” 

Favorite  Food:  Onions 
Dream  Man:  Guy  Madison 
Ambition:  Back  Seat  Driver 
Pet  Pastime:  Day  Dreaming 
Worst  Habit:  Fussing 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Going  to 
school 


Name:  Kathleen  Hylton 
Pet  Hate:  Teasing 
Favorite  Song:  “Quick  Silver” 
Favorite  Food:  Chicken  Salad 
Pet  Pastime:  Thinking  of  a  cer¬ 
tain  boy 

Ambition :  Marriage 
Dream  Man:  Arthur  Martin 
Worst  Habit:  Talking  in  my 
sleep 

Most  Disliked  Job:  Going  to 
school 


Name:  Edith  Sheppard 
Pet  Hate;  Typing 
Favorite  Song:  “I’m  in  Love  up 
to  my  Ears” 

Favorite  Food:  Cheeseburger 
Ambition:  Success  and  Happi¬ 
ness 

Dream  Man:  Sunset  Carson 
Pet  Pastime:  Listening  to  Mus¬ 
ic 

Worst  Habit;  Day  Dreaming 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Washing 

Dishes 


Name:  D.  J.  Horne 
Pet  Hate:  Old  Red  Rooster 
Favorite  Song:  “I  am  Dream¬ 
ing  of  Jeannie”. 

Favorite  Food:  Tea 
Dream  Girl:  Dorothy  Lamour 
Ambition:  Teaching  History 
Pet  Pastime :  Fishing 
Worst  Habit:  Walking  across 
library 

Most  Disliked  Job:  Coming  to 
School 


Name:  Cecil  Spencer 

Pet  Hate;  Women 

Favorite  Song:  “Mule  Train” 

Favorite  Food:  Beans 

Pet  Pastime:  Kissing 

Ambition:  Marry 

Dream  Girl:  Mattie  C. 

Worst  Habit:  Smooching 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Courting 


Name:  Addle  Mae  Plaster 

Pet  Hate;  Men 

Favorite  Song:  “I  Love  You  Be¬ 
cause” 

Favorite  Food:  Potatoes 

Pet  Pastime:  Riding  in  49  De¬ 
soda  (soda  box) 

Ambition:  A  man  with  lots  of 
money 

Dream  Man:  Paul  Wilson 

Worst  Habit:  Talking  too  much 


Mrs.  Thurlow  sure  is  having  a 
good  time  keeping  the  eighth 
grade  pupils  in.  Especially  Betty 
Justice  . 

Audree  Wray  and  her  little 
“Corns”  are  not  getting  along  so 
well. 

Oliver  Roark  sure  is  getting  to 
be  a  handsome  young  man. 

Mrs.  Thurlow  said  the  first 
time  she  ever  looked  in  a  mirror 
was  when  she  had  her  first  date. 
Wonder  who  the  lucky  boy  was? 

Bobby  Leach  sure  does  get  them 
fast.  Now  its  Mrs.  Thompkins. 

Choo-Choo  Justice  making  eyes 
at  that  Norfolk  girl  “Anne  Byrum.” 

Hughes  Gilley  has  been  quitting 
school  a  lot  lately.  I  think  he  stays 
because  he  loves  history  (and 
teacher)  so  well. 

Roy  Bowles  taking  English  with 
25  girls.  Wonder  why? 

Carlyne  Gilley  pulling  the  shades 
down  in  History  class,  getting  rea¬ 
dy  for  a  black-out. 

Virginia  Martin  is  really  getting 
the  turn  and  twist  in  that  Char¬ 
leston  business. 

The  “All  County  Chase”  was  run 


Most  Disliked  Job:  Washing 
Dishes 


Name:  Barbara  Foley 
Pet  Hate;  Government 
Favorite  Song:  “I  Love  You  Be¬ 
cause” 

Favorite  Food:  Cheeseburger 
Dream  Man:  “Pap” 

Ambition:  Love  Pap 
Pet  Pastime;  Be  with  Pap 
Worst  Habit:  Laughing 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Washing 
Dishes 


Name:  Juanita  Ziglar 
Pet  Hate:  Nosey  People 
Favorite  Song:  “Forever  and 
Ever” 

Favorite  Food:  Tomato  and  Ba¬ 
con  Sandwich 
Dream  Man :  Clark  Gable 
Ambition:  Love 
Pet  Pastime:  Driving 
Worst  Habit:  Failing  History 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Going  to 
School 


Name:  Dot  Barbour 
Pet  Hate:  Literature 
Favorite  Song:  “Dreamers  Holi¬ 
day” 

Favorite  Food:  Cheeseburgers 
Pet  Pastime:  Writing  Letters 
Ambition:  Studing  History 
Dream  Man;  Gene  Collins 
Worst  Habit:  Singing  Rag  Mop 
Most  Disliked  Job:  Washing 
Dishes 


Friday  February  10,  1950  after  a 
movie  at  Critz  High  School.  The 
contestants  were  two  Chevrolet 
pickups  chasing  a  Ford  pick-up 
and  a  34  Ford. 

Does  anybody  know  what  the 
vacant  seat  was  for  between  Carol 
Cooper  and  Lee  Via  at  the  movie 
Friday  night. 

What’s  that  extra  class  ring  do¬ 
ing  on  Lenna  Barbour’s  finger? 
Huh  Henry? 

Ask  Buster  Corns  about  his  vis¬ 
it  to  Martinsville  with  two  girls. 

Lena  when  are  you  going  to 
Puerto  Rica? 

Bernice  will  be  glad  when  its 
spring  and  “Moss”  will  be  out  a- 
gain. 

Louise  Krouskup  can’t  believe 
what  she  "C’s”  on  her  report 
card. 

Jolene,  how  does  Gphus  like  the 
“Lone  Star  State”? 

Wonder  where  Barbara  Boly- 
jack’s  and  Eldean  Stovall’s  class 
rings  are?  Rumor  says  they  might 
have  been  lost  and  found  in  Mar¬ 
tinsville. 

How  come  Majorie  Whitt  wear¬ 
ing  a  blue  class  ring  size  ten? 
Majorie,  what  big  hands  you  have! 

Cute  couple  in  the  sophomore 
class.  Barbara  Lee  still  moving 
“East”  ward. 

Tootsie,  Eldean,  and  Hattie  are 
all  excited  over  the  reunion  com¬ 
ing  off  in  April. 

Tom  doesn’t  like  poetry  but  he 
sure  goes  for  Byron! 

Audrey  don’t  cry.  Anne  is  Just 
on  a  visit.  Tom  will  be  back. 

Tressie  is  so  excited  over  the 
new  bus  driver.  Good  driver! 

Mildred  Turner,  why  wern’t  you 
at  the  party  Wednesday  night? 
That  is  the  question  that  Doug 
keeps  repeating  over  and  over. 

Jackie  owning  the  fastest  ford 

Garvin  wearing  a  ’50  class  ring. 
Could  it  be  it  belongs  to  a  senior? 

“w  about  it  Hughes? 

Tom,  Tom,  the  Piper’s  son,  stole 
the  Norfolk  “gal”  and  away  he 
run. 

Has  Ann  Jarrett  made  up  her 
mind  which  she  likes  the  best 
“Red”,  or  “Navy”? 

Wonder  why  Christine  wasn’t 
at  the  last  F.  F.  A.  and  F.  H.  A. 
Party?  We  sure  missed  her. 

Muscle  man!  Thomas  Hylton! 
Seems  he  brought  in  five  basket¬ 
balls  the  other  day.  That’s  some¬ 
thing  for  a  boy  with  holes  in  his 
head,  (reference:  Science  class) 

In  the  “Blue  Ridge”  mountains 
of  Virginia  you  will  find  Clyde 
and  Philip  with  “Epp”  and  "Love” 

Clarence  Hall  Is  not  so  good  at 
moving  road  blocks,  especially 
when  the  block  is  a  car. 


PROSPECTS  PROMISING  FOR 

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alumni. 

The  second  team  has  games 
with  Ridgeway,  Bassett  and  Sandy 
Ridge,  and  expects  to  add  a  few 
more. 

If  the  boys  play  up  to  expecta¬ 
tions,  this  could  easily  be  a  Critz 
year. 


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Glee  Club  1953 


69 


70 


71 


Class  of  1960 


Willie  Mae  Carter  Sheppard 
Johnny  Hancock 
Jean  Barbour  Slate 
James  Grogan 
Juanita  Taylor  Harbour 


Raford  Sheppard 
Shirley  Corns  Overby 
Abner  Anthony 
Eldean  Edwards  Campbell 
Lowell  Layman 


Elsie  Cockram  Lawson 
Junior  Ziglar 
Cleo  Bocock  Allen 
Dewey  Amos 
Margaret  Amos 


Lane  Ross* 

Barbara  Williams  Clark 
Wayne  Martin' 

Dessa  Mabe  Kendrick 
John  Beck 


Maurene  Clark  Plaster 

Ronnie  Mabe 

Katie  Wood  Chamberland 

Mack  Rea 

Arlene  Mills  Shough 


Wayne  Clark 
Barbara  Craddock  Booth 
Steve  Harbour 
Wanda  Wray  Hankins 
Melvin  Ratliff 


Teresa  Cunningham  Biggs 
Larry  Ayers* 

Shirley  Dillon  Roark 
Wayne  Cobbler 
Nancy  Biggs  Stewart 


Shelby  Layman  Turner 
Shelby  Lawless  Fain 
Garland  Hopkins’ 
Romona  Hall  King 
James  Ayers 


Walter  Ayers 

Lois  Hollandsworth  Ratliff 
Pansy  Martin  McAlexander 
Nancy  Trent  Greer 
Garland  Hall 


Diane  Hutchens  Smith 
Linda  Plaster  Lawson 
Frances  Gilley  Belton 


Boy’s  Basketball 


■■ HQK  A&:  1 

Girl’s  Basketball 


Eighty-one  students,  some  eager  and  some  not  so  eager,  entered  the  eighth  grade  of  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School 
in  September,  1 955.  It  was  an  exciting  event  in  many  ways.  New  friendships  were  begun  as  students  from  Patrick  Springs 
Elementary  joined  the  students  from  Hardin  Reynolds.  The  merger  of  students  from  the  two  schools  created  an  unusually 
large  class,  making  it  necessary  to  conduct  separate  home  rooms  for  boys  and  girls.  The  eighth  grade  was  the  first  time 
that  class  members  experienced  changing  classes,  another  reason  for  excitement. 

The  Senior  Year  was  filled  with  many  exciting  events.  They  included:  competing  for  the  state  championship  in  boys 
basketball  (The  team  did  not  bring  home  the  trophy,  but  it  was  the  first  time  a  Rebels  team  competed  at  the  state  level.); 
the  selection  of  classmates  Lois  Hollandsworth  as  Miss  HRMS  and  Cleo  Bocock  as  second  runnerup;  the  development 
and  publishing  of  the  Reynolda,  1960  senior  pictures,  and  fitting  for  caps  and  gowns.  Social  events  that  were  highlights 
of  the  year  included  a  New  Year’s  Eve  party  for  class  members  and  guests;  “An  Evening  in  Hawaii”,  the  Junior-Senior 
Prom  hosted  by  the  class  of  1960  at  The  Hut  in  Collinsville;  and  Senior  Day  at  Fairystone  State  Park.  Margaret  Amos 


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Class  of  1961 


Clarence  Douglas  Adams,  Buford  Allen  Barbour,  William  David  Biggs,  Leon  Hancock,  Warren  Hawks,  Junior  Lee  Hutcherson*,  Posey 
Lester  Koger,  Jerry  Wayne  Patterson,  Larry  Burton  Purcell,  Chester  Gray  Ratliff,  Jerry  Leon  Shough,  Sherman  Adam  Witt,  James  Direy 
Wright,  Jr.,  Barbara  Gilley  Foley,  Ramona  Dare  Cecil  Cassady,  Inez  Gilley  Hollandsworth,  Frances  Lou  Hill  Beasley,  Mildred  Anita 
Layman,  Doris  Martin  Craighead,  Rebecca  Plaster  Nelson,  Esther  Lea  Spencer  Newman,  Jean  Joyce  Stone,  Velma  Mae  Stowe  Martin, 
Maxine  Witt  Lucas,  Murray  Cobbs  Anthony*,  Myra  Stone  Barbour,  William  Daniel  Gilley,  Wilber  Gene  Hutchens*,  Jeannie  Grady 
Hawks,  Troy  Elgin  Joyce,  Thomas  Hanes  Nelson,  Marvin  Wayne  Plaster,  Joe  Connor  Ratliff,  James  Richard  Reynolds,  Denzil  Turner, 
Thurman  George  Witt,  Ronald  Dale  Wright,  Margaret  Marie  Burgart  Moran,  Virginia  Chaney  Prater,  Barbara  Harbour  Beck,  Nancy 
Louise  Kendrick  Martin,  Margaret  Elaine  Mabe  Hylton,  Ellen  Louise  O’Dell  Hodges,  Carol  Shockley  Peterson,  C.  Nadine  Spencer 
Thomas,  Myra  Stone  Barbour,  Judy  Via  Pollard,  Marie  Ellen  Wright  Lawrence 


We  began  our  years  at  HRMS  with  72  class  members  and  ended  with  47  graduates  in  1961 ,  the  largest  class  to  graduate  from 
HRMS.  Some  of  our  fondest  and  funniest  memories  during  these  years  are:  marshmallow  fights  at  Doris’,  dancing  in  the  highway  at 
Tommy’s,  all-night  pajama  parties  at  Jeannie’s,  water  fountain  collapsing  in  the  hallway,  FFA  dances  with  Mr.  Terry  chaperoning 
(Don’t  get  too  close  now!),  Beta  conventions,  Junior  play,  “Our  Gal  Sal,”  and  Senior  play,  “So  This  is  Bliss."  Our  1960  Junior-Senior 
Banquet  was  held  at  The  Hut  restaurant  in  Collinsville  with  a  Hawaiian  theme.  (Mrs.  Via’s  moo-moo  was  the  hit  of  the  evening!)  Also, 
playing  and  watching  basketball,  especially  beating  Stuart,  was  a  big  highlight  of  our  high  school  years.  (Warren,  Jerry  R,  Wilbur, 
Butch,  Troy,  Jimmy,  Jeannie,  Peggy,  Barbara  G.,  Doris,  &  Louise  participated  in  basketball.  Barbara  H.,  Ellen,  Marie,  Inez,  &  Myra 
were  our  cheerleaders.)  Myra  was  named  Harvest  Queen  in  1959  and  Ramona  was  Miss  Merry  Christmas  in  1961 .  The  Inside 
Review  newspaper  staff  over  the  years  were  Tommy,  Jeannie,  Becky,  Douglas,  Judy,  Peggy,  Mildred,  and  Doris.  Our  Senior  Class 
officers  were  Joe,  Warren,  Ellen,  Sherman,  Myra,  and  Ramona.  In  1961  our  FHA  President  was  Mildred,  Vice  President  Jean, 
Secretary  Peggy,  and  our  Beta  President  was  Tommy.  The  Reynolda  Editor  was  Jeannie,  Art  Editor  Becky,  Business  Manager  Carol, 
and  Sales  Manager  Murray.  Our  valedictorian  was  Carol  and  salutatorian  Jeannie.  Our  Senior  Class  motto  was  “He  who  knows  how 
to  learn  knows  enough.”  We  cherish  all  of  these  memories  from  this  time  in  our  life.  Jeannie  Grady  Hawks 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Cheerleaders 


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Class  of  1962 


Boy’s  Basketball 


Cheerleaders 


David  Lee  Biggs 
Larry  Vernon  Brown 
William  Douglas  Doss 
Dwight  Terry  Layman 
Roger  Donald  Rea 
Nancy  Cassell  Havens 
Evon  Craddock  Moore  Brumberger 
Linda  Gilley  Ratliff 
Janelda  Hall  Turman* 

Phyllis  Hawks  Holt 
Louise  Nelson  Stone 
Linda  Lee  Tatum  Tuggle 
Patsy  A.  Wilson 
Clifford  Alvis  Custer 
Dena  Sheppard  Brown 
Thomas  Walter  Hutchens 
John  Bob  Rodgers,  Jr. 

JoAnn  Bowman  McCreary 
Lettie  Ruth  Corns  Cassady 
Cynthia  Ehmann  Rottinghaus 
Brenda  Goard  Ayers 
Carolyn  Jacobs  Spencer 
Shirley  Martin  Pendleton 
Lillie  Mae  Stowe  Lester 
Marie  Trent  Wood 


The  graduating  class  of  1962  consisted  of  25 
members.  Some  of  the  memories  that  stand 
out  in  my  mind  are  going  to  Jimmy  Lee  Via’s 
store  almost  every  day,  our  Junior  and  Senior 
plays,  our  Washington  trip,  and  most  of  all,  the 
lasting  friendships  we  made. 

We  have  lost  only  one  member  of  our  class, 
Janelda  Hall  Turman. 

Brenda  Goard  Ayers 


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Class  of  1963 


Anne  Odell  Compton,  Berkley  Bowles,  Lonnie  Handy*,  Hassell 
Nicholson,  Bobby  Reynolds,  Richard  Shockley,  Dewey  Wayne  Stone, 
Charles  Walker*,  James  (Jimmy)  Wray,  Rose  Cecil  Howell,  Shirlene 
Handy  Layman,  Iris  Mabe  McNeal,  Peggy  Nelson  Dudley,  Lona  Stone 
Graham,  Alvina  Wright  Price,  Donald  Jackson  Amos,  Cecil  Byrd*, 
Bobby  McArthur,  Benton  Alvin  Ratliff,  James  (Jimmy)  Rodgers,  B.  D. 
Stone,  Tommy  Trent,  Larry  Wayne  Witt,  Kathryn  Anthony  Cook,  Shirley 
Kendrick  Eagle,  Wilma  Layman  Parrish,  Margie  Martin  Collins,  Barbara 
Spencer  Sturgill,  Jean  Witt  Triplett,  Lonnie  Craig, 


The  class  of  ‘63  was  a  small  class,  and 
many  of  us  went  through  the  entire  12 
years  together.  Others  who  joined  us  later 
were  warmly  accepted,  and  we  all  joined 
together  to  become  the  final  version  that 
walked  up  on  the  stage  and  received  our 
diplomas  in  the  spring  of  ‘63. 

We  suffered  through  the  bitter  cold  in  those 
old  buildings  at  HRMS,  and  burned  up  in 
the  warm  months.  But  our  school  was 
unique,  with  a  beautiful  campus,  and  a 
character  that  was  rarely  seen  at  other 
schools.  The  "Old  School”  has  been 
replaced  by  “Newer  and  Better”  buildings, 
and  I  suppose  it  is  an  improvement.  But  I 
miss  that  old  school,  and  I  think  back  on  it 
with  pride. 

My  classmates  and  I  suffered  through  the 
hard  times  together,  reveled  in  our  victo¬ 
ries,  had  fun  at  the  dances  and  on  the  trips 
that  we  took.  But  I  believe  that  the  most 
important  thing  that  came  out  of  our  years 
together,  was  the  bond  that  was  formed 
between  us.  I  believe  that  bond  is  everlast¬ 
ing,  and  unlike  that  of  any  other  relation¬ 
ships  that  we  may  have  formed. 

May  God  be  with  us  and  watch  over  us, 
until  we  have  our  final  class  reunion,  with 
all  of  us  present  and  accounted  for. 

Richard  L.  Shockley,  Jr. 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Boy’s  Basketball 


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Class  of  1964 


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Left  to  right;  1st  Row:  J.C.  Corns,  Shirley 
Stowe  Coleman,  Irma  Carter  Nicholson, 
Mary  Jean  Carter  Harbour,  Geraldine 
Ratliff  Smith;  2nd  Row:  Johnny  Halsey, 
Penn  Anthony,  Carol  Ayers  Kapp,  Diane 
Graham  Burnette;  3rd  Row:  Gayle  Fulcher 
Dollarhite,  Linda  Bowles  Spence,  Phyliss 
Barbour  Patterson,  Margaret  Wilson 
Bouldin,  Judy  Hundley  Overby;  4th  Row: 
Barbara  Wright  Plaster,  Fleta  Burgart 
Thomas,  Linda  Corns  Barrett,  Carol  J. 
Corns;  5th  Row:  Steve  Burton,  Robbie 
Jean  Bocock  Eychaner,  Rosa  Lee  Handy 
Bocock,  Phyliss  Patterson  Nester;  6th 
Row:  Marion  Cobbler,  Milford  Witt,  Bobby 
Joe  Martin,  Joe  Anthony,  Gregory 
Reynolds;  7th  Row:  Harold  Gammons, 
Larry  Stowe;  Not  pictured:  Carolyn  Ore 
Burtchett,  Elizabeth  Gilbert  VanCannon, 
Melvin  Clark 


In  the  fall  of  1959,  students  from  Patrick  Springs  Elementary  and  Hardin  Reynolds  came  together  to  form  the  graduating 
class  of  1 964.  We  climbed  outside  fire  escape  stairs  to  get  to  some  of  our  business  classes.  Our  classes  were  in  different 
buildings.  The  girls  went  to  home  economics  class,  while  the  boys  went  to  agriculture  class.  English,  math,  science, 
geography,  study  hall  and  the  principal's  office  were  in  a  central  building. 

Clubs  and  organizations  included  Future  Farmers  of  America,  Future  Homemakers  of  America;  Beta  Club;  Reynolda  Staff, 
the  school  newspaper,  Inside  Review,  4-H  Club,  beauty  pageants,  and  school  plays. 

We  crossed  the  road  for  snacks  at  Jimmy  Lee  Via’s  and  Ralph  C.  Grogan’s  stores.  The  gym  was  also  across  the  road, 
where  basketball  was  played  with  intense  rivalry  with  other  high  schools  in  Patrick  County. 

We  remember  the  Junior-Senior  Banquets,  Washington,  D.C.  field  trips,  Beta  Club  conventions,  parties,  sock-hops, 
outings  to  Fairy  Stone  Park,  and  drive-in  theaters. 

The  Class  of  ‘64  thanks  the  dedicated  teachers  and  parents  who  gave  us  the  foundation  and  support  to  go  on  to  become 
parents,  lawyers,  bankers,  computer  programmers,  principals,  teachers,  plant  managers,  secretaries,  and  farmers.  The 
remainder  of  us  turned  out  all  right,  too. 

Gayle  Fulcher  Dollarhite 


Girl's  Basketball 


Boy’s  Basketball 


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Class  of  1 965 


Joy  Anthony  Branham,  Fay  Cockram  Williams,  Janice  Doss  Woods,  Faye  FHoyle  Wessells,  Gail  Martin*,  Peggy  Martin 
Dickerson,  Marie  Plaster  Gunter,  Jean  Roop  Ramsey,  Glenda  Smith  Cobbler,  Mary  Sue  Terry,  Sue  Wagner  Fulcher,  Frances 
Wright  Spencer,  Kenneth  Barbour,  Robert  Kenneth  Branham,  Donald  Corns,  Bill  Grady*,  Billy  Joyce,  David  T.  Patterson,  Judy 
Bowles  Thomas,  Esther  Craig  Johnson,  Lee  Ann  Ellis  Collins,  Gloria  Mabe  Floyd,  Tillice  Martin  McArthur*,  Linda  Plaster 
Reynolds,  Helen  Ratliff  Hardy,  llene  Sheppard  Rorrer,  Wilma  Stewart  Wimbish,  Carol  Turner  Janosko,  Dorothy  Wray  McGhee, 
Linda  McArthur  Prater,  Terry  Blair,  Jimmy  Cooper,  Wallace  Foley,  Danny  Handy,  Ledford  Martin,  David  Shough, 

There  were  36  in  our  class  and  twice  as  many  girls  as  boys.  Answer  the  question  of  how  many  girls  were  there  and  you’ve 
just  done  one  of  Mrs.  Sallie  Via's  math  problems.  Which  is  not  to  say  we  didn't  present  some  problems  of  our  own  (we  would 
prefer  to  call  them  challenges)  to  teachers  and  administrators  from  time  to  time.  Today  psychologists  would  just  say  we  were 
testing  our  boundaries.  Back  then  they  just  said  we  should  know  better  and  they  expected  us  to  do  better:  like  the  time  some 
of  us  hid  in  lockers  in  the  locker  room  in  the  gym  to  get  out  of  class,  or  others  found  a  hideaway  in  the  old  dormitory  to  play  soli¬ 
taire  during  exams.  But  we  also  showed  ambition  and  spunk.  People  are  still  using  the  wrapping  paper  we  sold  in  1964  to  pay 
for  our  trip  to  New  York  and  the  World’s  Fair.  The  Yearbook  we  created  under  the  leadership  of  our  sponsor  Mrs.  Ehmann  still 
makes  many  of  us  proud.  And  basketball!  It  was  our  ninth  grade  class  that  participated  in  the  first  girls’  basketball  championship 
in  years  and  won  three  more  before  we  graduated.  Mary  Sue  Terry,  who  ran  for  her  first  successful  statewide  office  as  a  soph¬ 
omore  (State  Beta  Secretary),  went  on  to  be  the  first  woman  elected  to  statewide  office  in  Virginia.  After  two  terms  as  Attorney 
General  she  made  an  unsuccessful  run  for  Governor.  She  told  Glenda  if  her  campaign  for  governor  had  been  run  by  the  folks 
who  helped  with  her  campaign  in  high  school  she  probably  would  have  won!  Sadly  our  class  has  suffered  too  many  losses. 
During  high  school  we  lost  Maynard  Martin.  We  remember  him  as  well  as  Gail  and  Tillice  Martin  and  Bill  Grady.  We  also  remem¬ 
ber  so  many  others  who  have  been  part  of  the  HRMS  family-whether  faculty,  administrators,  staff,  cafeteria  workers  or  bus  driv¬ 
ers.  HRMS  was  family  and  is  family.  This  book  is  testament  to  that.  Glenda  Smith  Cobbler  and  Mary  Sue  Terry 


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Jean  Hancock  Joyce,  Barbara  Ann 
Prater  Dillon,  Barbara  Bousman 
Anderson,  Connie  Hutchens  Hawkins, 
Mary  Marie  Kendrick  Morgan,  Peggy 
Martin  Hayes,  Ethel  Stowe  Hopkins, 
Gene  Amos,  Michael  Brown,  Donald 
Craig,  Gary  Burnette,  Larry  George 
Freeman,  Jimmy  Ray  Martin,  Taylo 
Dean  Shelton,  Ronnie  Ray  Layman, 
Annie  Koger,  George  Larry  Wright, 
Carolyn  Cobbler,  Frances  Via  Smart, 
Frances  Anthony  Meyer,  Patricia  Ann 
Handy  Bowman,  Rebecca  Jefferson 
Hale,  Gloria  Martin  Biggs,  Donna  Pate 
Collins,  Linda  Faye  Wright  Guilliams, 
Larry  Mankins,  Richard  W.  Craddock*, 
Douglas  Edwards,  Neil  Fulcher, 
Ronald  C.  Graham,  George  Reuben 
Rea,  James  Richard  Shough,  Lucky 
Dale  Turner,  Edgar  Raymond  Wright, 
Jr.,  Trecia  Handy  Martin 

We  had  33  graduating  students,  all  of  whom  had  been  together  since  8th  grade,  when  8  joined  us  from  Patrick  Springs 
Elementary.  We  have  been  fortunate  to  have  lost  only  one  member,  Richard  Craddock,  a  veteran  Patrick  County  Investigator, 
who  died  in  January,  1999.  He  was  a  vital  part  of  our  class  and  will  always  be  remembered. 

The  class  of  ‘66  was  a  close  knit  group  who  enjoyed  having  fun.  Sometimes  ten  or  more  girls  would  pile  into  the  home  of  one 
of  the  classmates  for  a  sleepover;  each  girl  had  a  turn  as  hostess.  The  parties  occasionally  left  a  mark  on  the  house.  Somehow, 
the  boys  always  knew  which  house  was  hosting  the  slumber  party  and  would  show  up  after  school.  We  played  softball,  bas¬ 
ketball  or  badminton.  Donna  Pate  was  crowned  Miss  HRMS  and  later,  Miss  Patrick  County.  Connie  Hutchens  was  Mrs.  HRMS 
our  junior  year.  Other  runners-up  were  Peggy  Martin,  Trecia  Handy,  and  Becky  Jefferson.  We  entered  a  male  classmate  in  the 
Miss  Merry  Christmas  pageant  as  Miss  XX.  No  one  knew  who  they  were  voting  for  until  George  Ray  was  crowned  Miss  Merry 
Christmas.  Several  of  our  classmates  played  basketball  throughout  high  school.  Our  girls  won  four  consecutive  championships 
in  the  District  “R”  tournament.  Five  girls  from  the  class  of  '66  were  on  that  team.  Baseball  was  also  popular  among  the  boys. 
Our  class  started  the  student  government  at  HRMS  and  worked  hard  in  establishing  the  new  government  and  making  it  work. 
Donald  Craig  was  the  first  SCA  president  at  HRMS.  We  are  proud  of  the  accomplishments  that  our  class  has  made  over  the 
past  35  years.  Frances  Anthony  Meyers  received  her  doctorate  degree,  while  other  classmates  have  degrees  in  agriculture, 
business,  education  and  engineering.  Three  of  our  class  members  operate  their  own  businesses.  We  attribute  our  success  to 
good  teachers,  a  good  school  and  good  parents.  We  were  not  only  taught  reading,  writing  and  arithmetic,  we  were  taught  to 
love  and  respect  each  other.  This  is  still  true  today  as  we  recognize  HRMS  for  giving  us  the  start  we  needed.  Jean  Joyce 


Class  of  1966 


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Class  of  1967 


Annie  Anthony  Revercomb,  Mary  Paige  Via  Fails,  Martha  Jean  Shelton,  June  Graham  Day,  Robert  Hall,  Calvin  Eugene  Boyd, 
Winford  Layton  Foley,  Harvey  Elwood  Hancock,  Jr.*,  Rickie  Lee  Hutchins*,  Joseph  William  Jefferson,  Charles  Michael  Mason, 
Curtis  Davis  Ratliff,  Jesse  Ben  Shough,  Laray  Smith,  Linda  Sue  Bishop  Helms,  Jeanette  Martin  Spencer,  Melva  Elizabeth  Penn 
Hairston,  Brenda  Sue  Rea  Flemmons,  Janice  Marie  Reynolds  Waller,  Darnell  Wray  Scruggs,  Ruthie  Terry  Dickerson,  Carolyn 
Blair  Stowe,  Cheryl  Doss  Gunter,  Barbara  Jean  Hairston  Martin,  James  David  Bowman,  John  Wayne  Bullington,  Danny  Ronald 
Goard,  Wilford  Leroy  Hancock,  Timothy  Lee  Hylton*,  Isaiah  Martin,  Thomas  Eddie  Penn,  Harvey  Harold  Roop,  Larry  Edwin 
Tatum,  Mary  Lee  Hagwood  Mullins,  Kathy  Layman  Tompkins,  Mary  Jane  Martin  Adkins,  Shirley  Jean  Ratliff  Stowe,  Elsie  Marie 
Reid,  llene  S.  Roark  Pettis,  Linda  Shelton  Mize 

Thirty-five  years  have  passed  at  paces  as  varied  as  the  personalities  in  the  Class  of  1967.  Some  life  quests  brought  cor¬ 
porate  responsibilities,  some  brought  the  thrills  and  challenges  of  rearing  children,  some  involved  careers  in  manufactur¬ 
ing,  textiles,  construction,  education  and  so  many  other  opportunities  we  had  not  even  imagined  possible  back  in  1967. 
Little  did  we  know,  that  over  the  course  of  thirty-five  years,  we  would  mourn  the  loss  of  several  precious  classmates.  It  is 
from  this  perspective  that  we  remember  1967.  We  remember  wishing  we  could  meet  them  in  the  hallway  as  we  changed 
classes,  signal  them  as  they  entered  the  lunchroom  so  they  would  know  there  was  room  for  them  at  our  table,  or  just  tell 
them  how  much  their  friendship  meant  to  us.  Friendship. .that’s  what  lasts  over  the  span  of  time.  Friendship  still  binds 
those  of  us  who  remain.  Cheryl  Doss  Gunter 


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Class  of  1968 


The  Class  of  1968  began  its  “illustrious"  tenure  at  Hardin  Reynolds  in 
1956  with  approximately  49  students. 

Miss  Maude  Tudor  taught  most  of  us  in  the  first  grade  while  Carlyne 
Cooper  taught  second  and  Mamie  Zentmeyer  third  grade  helping  to  get 
us  started  in  the  world  outside  of  home  and  family.  Most  students  had 
farm  work  and  other  chores  to  do  in  the  evenings  and  work  in  tobacco 
was  common.  Television  was  just  becoming  popular  but  not  everyone  had 
one.  Later,  some  would  begin  work  in  local  factories  or  get  married  before 
finishing  high  school.  By  the  eighth  grade,  several  students  from  Patrick 
Springs  joined  the  class  and  became  fast  friends  as  well.  Most  of  us  Cheerleaders 

remember  what  class  we  were  in  when  John  F.  Kennedy  was  assassi¬ 
nated  in  1963.  We  saw  some  of  our  teachers  break  down  in  tears  and  the  shock  lasted  long  afterward.  In  high  school  we  joined 
clubs;  the  FHA,  the  FFA,  4H,  and  the  Beta  Club.  Integration  of  schools  began  in  our  9th  year  without  major  problems.  We 
learned  good  sportsmanship  and  had  fun  with  Herbert  Diggs  and  other  coaches  over  the  years.  Our  cheerleaders  were  always 
great,  regardless  of  how  the  teams  performed.  In  the  fall  of  1967,  the  Rebels  boys'  basketball  team  became  regional  and  then 
State  Group  III  champions!  Mr.  Earl  Jarrell  was  principal  in  our  senior  year.  Mr.  Nat  and  Mrs.  Nannie  Ruth  Terry  were  still  fix¬ 
tures  at  the  school  along  with  Mrs.  Sallie  Via.  A  few  years  later,  we  would  have  been  “consolidated"  at  a  new  county  high  school, 
but  most  would  say  that  they  are  glad  they  finished  at  HRMS  and  that  “bigger”  would  not  necessarily  be  better.  In  the  past  few 
years,  our  class  has  lost  four  members  to  cancer  or  other  illnesses.  In  February  of  1996,  Karen  Gunter  Lawson  died  of  compli¬ 
cations  related  to  cancer.  In  October  of  2000,  Bentrus  Smith  lost  a  long  battle  with  cancer  also.  On  March  6,  2001 ,  Mary  Louise 
Reynolds  Handy  died  at  home  after  years  of  cancer  treatments  interspersed  with  times  of  good  health.  She  had  returned  to 
HRMS  as  an  elementary  teacher  for  27  years  before  retiring  due  to  poor  health.  In  July  of  2001 ,  Donna  Kay  Tatum  died  after 
many  years  of  poor  health.  Whether  it  was  sitting  next  to  them  at  lunch  or  playing  with  them  in  phys.  ed.,  or  on  ball  teams,  their 
smiles  and  their  laughter  will  not  be  forgotten.  Though  the  class  is  scattered  from  coast  to  coast,  many  have  settled  and  raised 
families  only  a  few  miles  from  their  homes  in  Patrick  County,  fulfilling  some  of  their  dreams  in  life.  All  remember  with  fondness, 
for  the  most  part,  their  days  and  their  classmates  at  good  old  HRMS!  John  N.  Reynolds 


Steven  Mark  Anthony,  Jr. 

Larry  Eugene  Grant 
Larry  Kyle  Handy 
Joseph  Elwood  Martin 
Ronald  Wayne  Martin 
Joseph  Lee  Hagwood 
Clarence  William  Reynolds 
Michael  Lane  Roop 
Quinten  Charles  Stacy 
Wayne  Tatum 
Grover  Elwood  Wright 
Mary  Ethelene  Biggs  Horton 
Sandra  Bryant  Taylor 
Mickie  Ann  Cope  Stallard 
Karen  Joan  Gunter  Lawson* 
Shirley  Leonard  Warren 
Carolyn  Ann  Martin  Penn 
Sammy  Kay  Patterson  Overby 
Glenda  Shelton  Joyce 
Donna  Kay  Tatum* 

Shirley  Ann  Joyce  Littles 
Patsy  Ann  Reynolds  Nicholson 
Jerry  Lane  Doss 
Harold  Justice 
Curtis  Levi  Kendrick 
Orlando  Raphael  Martin 
Donnell  Penn 
Michael  Lynn  Ray 
John  Nicholas  Reynolds 
Bentrus  Newton  Smith* 
Douglas  France  Turner 
Shirley  Harris  Tatum 
Judy  Carolyn  Adams  Joyce 
Ruby  Jean  Bousman 
Ann  Cobb  Hunt 
Clara  Ann  Deal 
Bonnie  Ann  Handy 
Mary  Ann  Mabe  Roop 
Lena  Mae  Nester  Richardson 
Mary  Louise  Reynolds  Handy* 
Reba  Turner  Hildebrand 
Ann  Carol  Via 
Myrtle  Bell  Ratliff  Smith 


Boy's  Basketball 


Girl's  Basketball 


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Class  of  1969 


1st  Row:  Patricia  Bullington  Brown,  Edith  Via  Walker*,  Louise  Corns  Welch,  Ruth  Witt  Sater,  Kathy  Greenwood  Light,  Betty  Jo 
Saunders  Williams,  Lois  Wright  Vaughan,  Diane  Anderson  Griffin,  Judy  Reynolds  Hagwood,  Helen  Hancock  Shough,  JoAnn  Trent 
Hancock;  2nd  Row:  Barbara  Layman  Vipperman,  Victoria  (Vickie)  Bryant  Wells,  Sharon  Ellis  Coleman,  Frankie  Prater  Ellsworth,  Sally 
Terry  Rodgers,  Jeanette  Penn  Reynolds,  Naomi  Carter  Booker,  Melissa  Wyatt  Oliver,  Carolyn  Plaster  Simmons,  Eva  Stout  Beck, 
Gayna  Craddock  Clark:  3rd  Row:  Johnnie  Turner,  Everett  Joyce,  Mike  Compton,  Lloyd  Hopkins,  Larry  Hopkins,  Charles  Hagwood, 
Clifford  Corns,  Brent  Reynolds,  Elmer  Martin,  Joe  Craig;  4th  Row:  Garland  Plaster,  George  E.  Wood,  Jr.,  Daryl  Shelton,  Leon  Hairston, 
Mark  Hylton  -  Not  Pictured:  Ann  Adams  Fulcher,  Gary  Plaster,  Douglas  Cobbler 


Fifty-eight  students  came  together  in  the  eighth  grade,  17  from  ‘Patrick  Springs’  and  41  from  Critz.  With  the  closing  of  Patrick 
Central,  we  picked  up  six  more  along  the  way.  Our  high  school  years  started  with  the  arrival  of  The  Beatles,  and  ended  as  Apollo 
I  I  landed  on  the  moon.  In  between,  we  watched  the  Viet  Nam  War  nightly  with  Walter  Cronkite,  won  two  state  championships 
in  basketball  and  anxiously  waited  to  see  if  we  would  be  part  of  the  county's  new  high  school.  Through  it  all,  we  managed  to 
send  41  graduates  out  into  society,  with  almost  half  going  on  to  an  institute  of  higher  learning.  During  the  past  thirty-two  years, 
we  have  bid  farewell  to  three  class  members:  Mark  Hylton,  Everett  Joyce  and  Edith  Via.  We  have  welcomed  home  our  class¬ 
mates  as  they  returned  from  Viet  Nam  and  the  Desert  Storm  conflicts.  We  applaud  those  who  have  served  to  protect  our  rights. 
We  have  watched  as  class  members  have  given  to  society  serving  as  nurses,  teachers,  educators,  firefighters,  social  workers, 
and  law  enforcement  officers.  We  have  class  members  that  own  their  own  businesses  and  others  serving  in  management  posi¬ 
tions.  The  class  of  ‘69  is  strewn  from  Maryland,  to  Michigan,  to  Florida;  yet,  we  manage  to  get  together  every  five  years  just  to 
chat,  revisit  yearbooks  and  rekindle  friendships  that  lay  dormant  for  a  short  while.  Larry  Hopkins  &  Ann  Adams  Fulcher 


Cheerleaders 


Boy’s  Basketball 


Girl’s  Basketball 


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Elementary  Basketball  —  A  First  at  HRMS 

New  faculty  members  bring  avid  leadership  in 
the  elementary  sports  field. 

The  two  elementary  teams  play  neighboring 
schools.  Team  players  learn  ideals  of  sportsmanship 
and  competition  in  preparation  for  high  school 
sports.  The  aspects,  ideals  and  rules  of  the  sports 
field  come  to  the  student  at  an  earlier  age.  Sports 
interests  will  help  prepare  the  elementary  student  for 
older  world  competition. 


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Class  of  1970 


Nancy  Susan  Bowles  Barrow,  Linda  Kay  Corns,  Sandra  Goard  Blanchfield,  Patsy  Hancock  Gunter,  Marie  Hopkins  Grogan, 
Ramona  Sue  Hylton  Reynolds,  Callie  Ruth  Martin,  Beatrice  Nelson  Ammons,  Elizabeth  Gwyn  Prillaman,  Bonnie  Arlene  Purcell 
Upchurch,  Rebecca  Gaylene  Shively  Wright,  Susan  Paige  Shough  McDonald,  Betty  Gwyndolyn  Wright  Hylton,  James  Arthur 
Anthony,  Melvin  Ray  Clark,  James  Bernard  Mabe,  John  Philip  Mason,  Sampson  Reynolds,  James  Robert  Shockley*,  Wayne  B. 
Taylor,  Larry  Steven  Wray,  Larry  Jerome  Deal,  Philip  L.  Gilley,  Everett  F.  Hancock,  James  Robert  Hoyle,  Claron  Ray  Hutchens, 
Sanford  James  Joyce,  Susan  Clark  Cassell,  Dorothy  Mae  Dillion  Spence,  Mary  Ann  Hall  Harger,  Dianne  Harris  Roop,  Elizabeth 
Ann  Hutchens  Felts,  Brenda  Ann  Joyce,  Janice  Moore  Griffin,  Gay  Plaster,  Rebecca  Lynn  Prillaman,  Doris  Reed*,  Carolyn 
Shough  Young,  Marilyn  Turner  Canode*,  Lena  Wright  Turner,  Daniel  Issac  Boyd,  John  Wayne  McArthur,  Claude  David  Martin, 
Steven  Ralph  Nelson,  Bobby  W.  Sanders,  Roger  Calvin  Stowe,  Gerald  Albert  Turner,  Steve  Kenneth  Doss,  Howard  Orie  Fackler, 
Jr.,  William  Burton  Hall*,  Sammy  Light  Handy,  Bernard  Elmo  Hutchens,  Douglas  Michael  Hutchens, 


One  of  our  most  memorable  moments  was  our  first  encounter  with  Mrs.  Sallie  Via,  our  home  room  teacher;  then  our  very 
first  yearbooks  to  have  signed.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  N.  C.  Terry  were  sources  of  support  and  leadership  throughout  our  years  at 
HRMS.  We  cheered  a  winning  boys’  basketball  team  into  several  championship  games  and  experienced  de-segregation 
of  Patrick  County  Schools  and  had  no  junior-senior  proms.  Fishnet  hose  and  “miniskirts"  were  in  style;  American 

Bandstand  was  popular  on  television  and  music  of  groups  like 
the  Beatles  and  Paul  Revere  and  the  Raiders.  We  solemnly 
observed  the  “last”  of  everything  in  1970,  last  Beta  club  meet¬ 
ings  and  trips,  last  Home  Ec  dinners  and  FHA  ceremonies,  last 
SCA  meetings;  all  senior  activities  somehow  seemed  more 
profound  and  meaningful  as  no  one  else  would  follow  us  here 
in  this  place. Our  class  would  like  to  express  our  appreciation 
to  the  faculty  and  staff  at  Hardin  Reynolds  Memorial  School  for 
all  your  support  and  guidance.  Nancy  Bowles  Barrow 


Girl’s  Basketball 


Boy’s  Basketball 


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83 


HRMS  State  Basketball  Champions  1970 


Kneeling:  Ralph  Nelson,  Donnie  Freeman,  Bobby  Reid,  Curtis  Hagwood,  Barry  Edward,  Roger  Clark 
Standing;  Coach  Sonny  Swails,  Bernard  Mabe,  Roger  Shough,  Jesse  Reynolds,  Samson  Reynolds,  David  Hairston 


HRMS  Basketball  Team  1969 


Kneeling:  Steve  Mason,  Leon  Hairston,  Coach  Sonny  Swails,  Bernard  Mabe,  Danny  Boyd 
Standing;  Bobby  Reid,  Charles  Hagwood,  Samson  Reynolds,  Jesse  Reynolds,  Joe  Craig,  Phillip  Gilley,  Barry  Edwards 


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CLASS  OF  1971 

Linda  Austin,  ,  Mike  Bledsoe,  Doris  Carter,  Louise  Clark,  Wayne  Clark,  Linda  Cobb,  Susan  Corns,  Lynn 
Craddock,  Debbie  Cummings,  Frances  Dillion,  Joan  Dillion,  Barry  Edwards,  Lee  Gilley,  Phyllis  Gilley, 
Rhonda  Gilley,  Judy  Greenwood,  Delores  Hagwood,  Chris  Hall,  Betty  Jean  Hancock,  James  Hancock, 
Betty  Jo  Havens,  William  Hylton,  Ricky  Joyce,  Larry  Nelson,  Ralph  Nelson,  Brenda  Plaster,  Leon  Plaster, 
Carol  Ratliff,  Bobby  Reid,  Brenda  Reid,  Jesse  Reynolds,  Caroline  Rigney,  Faye  Roberts,  Sandra  Rodgers, 
Clifford  Roop,  Derrick  Roop,  Kathy  Shelton,  Mike  Shelton,  Jimmie  Shockley,  Bruce  Spence,  Junior 
Spence,  Linda  Spencer,  Danny  Stacy,  Elva  Mae  Stanley,  Nellie  Stowe,  Bennie  Trent,  Elizabeth  Via,  Dianne 
Wray 

We  began  school  at  Hardin  Reynolds  in  1959.  That  winter,  we  missed  school  six  weeks  straight  due  to 
snow.  Hooray! 

No  kids  could  have  had  better  teachers  than  we  had  in  Mrs.  Carlyne  Cooper,  Mrs.  Mamie  Zentmeyer, 
Mrs.  Virginia  Ann  Bingman,  and  Mrs.  Vivian  Joyce,  just  to  name  a  few. 

Not  only  were  we  taught  the  usual  school  subjects,  but  our  teachers  instilled  in  us  a  true  sense  of  self- 
worth  and  made  us  understand  that  you  do  the  correct  things,  act  with  honor  and  treat  everyone  as  your 
equal.  Unfortunately  for  some  of  us,  the  paddle  with  the  holes  was  still  around  just  to  help  us  remember  what 
correct  behavior  was,  in  case  we  had  momentary  lapses  . 

Once  we  hit  eighth  grade,  true  competition  in  sports  was  essential,  and  HRMS  reigned  in  both  boys’  and 
girls’  basketball. 

By  being  a  small  school,  HRMS  not  only  provided  us  with  a  quality  education,  but  gave  us  a  sense  of 
security  and  belonging.  We  may  have  graduated  as  Cougars  in  1971;  but  in  our  hearts,  we  will  always  be 
Reynolds  Rebels. 

Elizabeth  Via  Kolenski 

CLASS  OF  1 972 

Ginny  Anthony,  Jerry  Adams,  Jimmy  Adams,  Ann  Barnes,  Neva  Bowles,  Roger  Cassell,  Dale  Cecil,  Roger 
Clark,  Janet  Coleman,  Debbie  Cooper,  L.  J.  Corns,  David  Craig,  Glenda  Dillon,  Freda  Epperly,  Pat 
Ehmann,  David  Foley,  Donnie  Freeman,  Curtis  Hagwood  ,  Kathy  Hancock  ,  Jesse  Hairston,  Carolyn 
Harris,  Linda  Hutchens,  Eddie  Lawrence  ,  Steve  Lawson,  Brenda  Lewis,  Aubrey  Martin,  Betty  Sue  Martin, 
David  Martin,  Larry  Martin,  Mike  Martin,  Steve  Mason,  Celestine  Penn,  Jackie  Penn,  Dana  Plaster,  Darrell 
Plaster,  Donald  Plaster,  Marie  Prater,  David  Ramsey,  Cheryl  Rea,  Nannie  Sue  Reynolds,  Frances  Roberts, 
Linda  Roop,  Janice  Scearce,  Mike  Shelton,  Bernice  Shively,  Rita  Shockley,  Roger  Shough,  Daniel 
Spencer,  Jerry  Spencer,  Junior  Stowe,  Gail  Witt,  Libby  Wray 

The  class  of  1 972  did  not  get  to  enjoy  but  two  years  at  HRMS,  1 969  and  1 970.  In  1971,  the  new  Patrick 
County  High  School  opened  and  there  we  went.  In  retrospect,  it  was  good  that  we  got  to  start  our  “exciting 
high  school  days”  at  HRMS.  We  were  able  to  mold  friendships  that  took  us  to  the  new  school  with  encour¬ 
agement  and  support.  We  thank  the  HRMS  Alumni  for  allowing  us  the  opportunity  to  be  a  part  of  the  history 
that  is  so  important  to  our  lives  and  our  children’s  lives. 

Neva  Bowles  Manor 

CLASS  OF  1973 

Joleen  Bowman,  Ricky  Cassell,  Susan  Clark,  Barbara  Cobler,  Kay  Coleman,  Mary  Coleman,  Leroy  Corns, 
Sharon  Craddock,  Dale  Craig,  Brenda  Gilley,  David  Hairston,  Henry  Hairston,  Olene  Hairston,  Ray 
Hairston,  Steve  Hairston,  Donnie  Hancock,  Donna  Handy,  Teresa  Handy,  Dean  Harbour,  Ronnie  Harris, 
David  Hubbard,  J.  B.  Hutchens,  James  Hyler,  Douglas  Hylton,  Jimmy  Joyce,  Mary  Joyce,  Buren  Kendrick, 
Clayton  Kendrick,  Joe  Kendrick,  Gary  Layman,  Charles  Martin,  Donna  Martin,  Gail  Martin,  Geraldine 
Martin,  Janet  Martin,  Karon  Murray,  Wanda  Palmer,  Julius  Patterson,  Marsha  Plaster,  Danny  Reynolds, 


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Mark  Reynolds,  Garland  Roberts,  Lynn  Roop,  Karen  Shockley,  Rita  Shough,  Freda  Spencer,  Steve 
Spencer,  Nancy  Stegall,  Frank  Tatum,  Doris  Thompson,  Karen  Turner,  Jo  Via 

The  Hardin  Reynolds  members  of  the  Patrick  County  High  School  Class  of  1973  have  many  fond  mem¬ 
ories  of  the  time  spent  at  Hardin  Reynolds. 

The  cafeteria  itself  along  with  the  staff  and  excellent  food,  being  able  to  sit  together  and  enjoy  our  lunch 
and  know  that  there  were  always  more  of  those  wonderful,  mouth  watering  rolls  available  just  for  the  asking, 
stands  out  as  one  of  the  favorite  memories. 

Oh,  that  boys  basketball  team!  What  an  experience  to  be  able  to  travel  with  the  team  to  Charlottesville 
for  three  consecutive  years  and  see  them  represent  Hardin  Reynolds  on  the  campus  of  the  University  of 
Virginia,  let  alone  bring  back  the  championship  for  two  years.  So  many  of  us  had  not  even  traveled  outside 
of  Patrick  County  at  that  time.  What  an  honor  and  how  proud  we  were! 

Not  to  mention  the  trips  to  the  Grogan  and  Via  stores  and  trying  to  scrounge  up  just  that  extra  bit  of 
change  for  those  barbecue  chips,  sugar  straws  and  tiny  wax  bottles  with  kool-aid,  what  treats  we  were 
exposed  to! 

Always  crossing  the  road,  not  just  to  the  store,  but  to  the  gym  as  well. ...and  those  showers,  when  we 
actually  HAD  to  get  wet,  or  at  least,  appear  that  we  were. 

We  remember  climbing  the  long  flights  of  stairs  to  classes  and  peering  out  the  windows  at  the  high  school 
students  going  by  and  our  moving  from  one  mobile  classroom  to  the  other,  even  on  the  coldest,  rainiest  days. 

Even  though  the  idea  of  going  to  a  new  school  was  exciting,  something  has  to  be  said  for  the  beautiful 
campus  we  all  enjoyed  at  Hardin  Reynolds  where  we  could  sit  under  the  trees  and  enjoy  the  company  of 
classmates  that  were  all  known  to  each  of  us  as  well  as  their  families  from  many  generations  past. 

The  Patrick  County  High  School  class  of  1973  from  Hardin  Reynolds  had  the  best  of  both  worlds,  the  old 
and  the  new,  and  we  will  all  cherish  the  friends  and  memories  made  at  each  school  for  our  lifetimes. 

Karen  Turner  Fulcher 

CLASS  OF  1974 

Richard  Adams,  Cathy  Adkins,  Doris  Adkins,  Taylor  Barbour,  Deborah  Barnes,  Mark  Bledsoe,  Edward 
Branch,  Jerry  Branch,  Laddy  Burnette,  Lonny  Burnette,  Wayne  Carter,  Bonnie  Cassell,  Stewart  Clark,  Mary 
Cobb,  Larry  Cobbler,  Faye  Coleman,  Harold  Coleman,  Timothy  Coleman,  Gene  Dillion,  Shelia  Edwards,  Sue 
Ann  Ehmann,  Gary  Fackler,  Jerry  Fackler,  Ronnie  Foley,  Allen  Gilley,  Dianne  Gilley,  Keith  Gilley,  James 
Hagwood,  Darnnell  Hairston,  Mary  Ruth  Hairston,  Victor  Hairston,  Ricky  Harris,  Allen  Hopkins,  David 
Hughes,  Frances  Hunt,  Debbie  Hutchens,  Marie  Hutchens,  Shirl  Hutchens,  Bradford  Kenderick,  Elaine 
Kenderick,  Evon  Kendrick,  Leslie  Kendrick,  Jeanette  Koger,  Gary  Martin,  Kenneth  Martin,  Karen  Moore,  H. 
E.  Nelson,  Sandra  Nelson,  Karen  Patterson,  Carron  Penn,  Mary  Ellen  Penn,  Don  Plaster,  Vickie  Prewett, 
Vickie  Puckett,  Don  Ratliff,  Diane  Reynolds,  Leonard  Reynolds,  Betty  Jean  Setliff,  Garland  Shelton,  Gloria 
Shelton,  Mary  Lou  Shough,  Michael  Shough,  Sharon  Shough,  Debra  Spencer,  Margie  Spencer,  Blaine 
Stowe,  J.  P.  Stowe,  Kathy  Tatum,  Linda  Tatum,  Velma  Tatum,  Ricky  Trent,  Louise  Tuggle,  Becky  Turner, 
Glennie  Vipperman,  Junior  Walker 

I  remember  riding  bus  #38  with  Johnny  Brown  driving;  girls  first  being  allowed  to  wear  slacks  to  school; 
donkey  baseball  games,  integration;  riding  my  horse  to  school  and  home,  twice;  having  to  write,  ‘“I  will  not 
turn  cartwheels  during  a  fire  drill,”  500  times;  and  getting  paddled  by  Mr.  Lineberry! 

Sue  Ann  Ehmann 


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Beauty  Pageant  Winners 


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1951-52 

Jacquelin  Ruth  Manor 


1952-53 
Jean  Mills 


1953-54 
Shirley  Mabe 


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Beauty  Pageant  Winners 


1954-55 
Frances  Bryant 


1957-58 
Ann  Wright 


1955-56 
Louise  Wright 


1056-57 
Allie  Stowe 


1958-59 
Janice  Cecil 


1959-60 

Lois  Hollandsworth 


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Beauty  Pageant  Winners 


1960-61 
Betty  Wimbish 


1961-62 
Carol  Turner 


Donna  Pate 


1963-64 

Gloria  Jean  Mabe 


1964-65 

Connie  Hutchens 


1965-66 
Edith  Via 


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Beauty  Pageant  Winners 


1967-68 

Naomi  Lou  Carter 


1968-69 

Beatrice  Ann  Nelson 


4 

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1966-67 

Reba  Jean  Turner 


1969-70 
Dana  Plaster 


Miss  Patrick  County  1963 
Donna  Pate 


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Memories 

As  the  Class  of  1970  exit  these  doors,  we  bring  to  a  close  the  last  chapters  in  the  history  of  HRMS  High 
School,  leaving  behind  many  fond  memories  of  teachers  and  class  mates. 

We  entered  the  first  grade  in  1937,  excited,  happy,  fearful,  tear¬ 
ful,  and  timid,  not  knowing  what  to  expect  or  what  was  expected  of 
us.  We  rode  a  funny  looking  school  bus  with  two  long  seats  down 
each  side  and  a  long  bench  in  the  middle.  We  soon  learned  to  take 
advantage  of  all  the  curves  in  the  roads  leading  to  HRMS.  The 
buses  made  two  trips,  so  the  second  load  was  always  late  getting  to 
school.  At  one  time  during  our  school  years,  our  parents  had  to  pay 
a  small  amount  per  child  for  us  to  ride  the  bus. 

Miss  Edna  Tatum,  a  beautiful  lady  who  wore  beautiful  clothes, 
was  our  first  teacher.  She  calmed  our  fears,  dried  our  tears,  and 
taught  us  good  manners,  along  with  our  ABC’s  and  numbers.  Miss 
Waller  was  our  second  grade  teacher,  a  kindly  motherly  type  lady 
who  probably  wasn’t  nearly  as  old  then  as  we  thought  but  we 
adored  her!  By  third  and  fourth  grades,  we  had  learned  a  lot,  from 
our  teachers,  from  the  older  kids  in  school  and  from  each  other. 

We  reminisce  about  the  cafeteria  located  in  the  basement  of  the  dormitory  building  and  can  almost 
smell  the  soup  today!  The  home  economics  department  was  located  in  the  dormitory,  some  of  the  teachers 
lived  there,  and  Dr.  Shelburne,  everybody’s  family  doctor,  had  his  office  there. 

Fifth  grade  with  Mrs.  Margaret  Cooper  Mitchell  was  probably  our  most  memorable  year.  While  study¬ 
ing  Egypt,  we  made  a  scroll  that  was  put  up  on  the  wall  and  grew  to  reach  around  the  room.  We  drew  and 
colored  scenes  of  the  Egyptians,  using  bright  colors.  We  actually  had  some  gold  paint  that  made  the  crowns 
and  jewelry  worn  by  the  subjects  appear  more  realistic.  It  was  grand!  Everyone  in  the  school  came  to 
admire  our  project.  Sixth  and  seventh  grades  found  us  still  in  the  same  building  where  we  started,  but  now 
we  were  on  the  second  floor  and  thought  we  were  something!  We  were  growing  up  and  some  even  began 
“courting”  in  these  grades. 

We  moved  to  the  high  school  building  in  eighth  grade  and  knew  our  lives  would  never  be  the  same.  By 
planning  ahead,  our  class  decided  to  contribute  a  little  money  each  year  so  that  we  could  publish  an  annu¬ 
al  in  our  senior  year.  Our  1949  edition  of  “The  Echo”  was  the  first  one  published  after  World  War  II.  It  was 
hard  work,  and  well  worth  the  effort,  the  book  becomes  more  valuable  to  us  each  year.  During  our  high 
school  years,  the  girls  wore  long,  full  circular  skirts,  frilly  blouses  or  sweaters  with  lovely  neck  scarves  fas¬ 
tened  with  scarf  rings,  bobby  sox  and  saddle  oxfords  or  penny  loafers!  Our  hair  was  shoulder  length  and 
we  were  beautiful!  Our  guys  wore  overalls  or  jeans  or  khaki  pants  and  neat  shirts  or  sweaters.  We  thought 
they  were  handsome! 

We  have  such  wonderful  memories  of  Chapel  in  the  auditorium  with  Miss  Pearl  Brown  as  leader;  the 
Giant  Slide  in  the  playground.  Glee  Club  practices  and  performances;  basketball  games  played  on  dirt 
courts  except  when  playing  against  rival  Stuart  High;  softball  and  baseball  teams,  the  games  played  on  our 
great  baseball  field  while  we  enjoyed  the  covered  grandstand;  and  old  movies  in  the  auditorium  once  a 
week  when  the  admission  was  cheap!  Then  there  were  Country  Music  bands,  such  as  Bill  and  Charlie 
Monroe  performing  on  the  stage;  the  Beauty  Pageants;  and  class  plays,  one  in  particular  in  our  early  years 
was,  “Sunbonnet  Sally  and  Overall  Jim.”  And,  lastly,  how  could  we  forget  the  cannery  in  the  basement  of 
the  high  school  building,  where  our  families  canned  vegetables,  fruits  and  meats. 

We  remember  with  fondness  some  other  teachers  we  had  or  knew,  Florence  Tatum  Moore,  Madeline 
Martin  Thomas,  Sallie  Cooper  Via,  Jimmie  Price,  Mabel  Tudor  Grogan,  Miss  Maude  Tudor,  Elizabeth 
Clark,  Nannie  Ruth  Cooper  Terry,  and  high  school  principals,  Mr.  Rickman,  Mr.  Terry,  and  Mr.  Horne. 

We  had  a  wonderful  school,  and  outstanding  teachers.  The  Class  of  ‘49  greatly  appreciates  the  efforts 
of  the  Alumni  Association  in  preserving  the  memory  of  HRMS.  Congratulations  on  the  75th”Anniversary! 

Martha  Nelson  Harris,  Pearl  Grady  Richardson,  Jeanne  Wimbish  Rakes  -  Class  of  1949 


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Memories 

In  1944  Hitler  was  about  finished,  but  the  first  grade  at  Hardin  Reynolds  wasn’t  taking  any  chances.  We 
gathered  milkweed  saved  aluminum  foil  for  airplane  insulation,  and  walked  long  distances  to  meet  one  of 
only  four  buses,  and  we  did  without  candy  or  chewing  gum.  We  did  what  we  could.  Most  of  us  were  bare¬ 
footed  until  late  in  the  fall  and  most  of  us  wore  hand-me-downs  or  whatever  was  available. 

Miss  Maude  Tudor  must  have  rolled  her  eyes,  sighed  deeply  and  felt  a  vast  sense  of  hopelessness  as  she 
surveyed  the  35  or  40  farm  boys  and  girls  sitting  in  front  of  her.  We  faced  the  formidable  task  of  learning  to 
read.  We  all  learned  to  recite  the  alphabet  not  only  forward  but  backward  as  well.  It  would  be  five  more  years 
before  that  one  paid  off. 

The  teaching  process  was  simple:  You  went  up  to  the  front,  sat  in  little  groups  around  Miss  Tudor  and 
read  until  you  missed  a  word.  The  only  problem  was  most  of  us  didn’t  know  any  words.  Later  that  year  many 
of  the  parents  did  what  my  father  did;  they  taught  their  child  to  read.  It  was  a  close  call  for  many  of  us.  No 
quarter  was  given.  You  read  all  of  the  first  grade  books,  even  if  you  had  to  read  all  summer,  which  is  exactly 
what  a  lot  of  us  were  doing  in  the  summer  of  1945. 

There  was  a  big  patriotic  stage  presentation  that  year.  All  the  grades  were  involved  from  first  to  twelfth. 
All  the  singers  and  actors  wore  military  uniforms  of  the  various  branches  of  service.  It  was  quite  stirring  for 
a  six  year  old.  I’ll  never  forget  it. 

One  member  of  that  little  class  failed  to  return  in  the  fall  of  1945.  Herbert  Biggs  lost  his  life  that  sum¬ 
mer.  A  few  were  held  back,  one  or  two  had  dropped  out  because  of  illness.  Ultimately,  just  ten  of  that  first 
grade  class  of  1944  graduated  at  Hardin  Reynolds. 

But  for  now  our  little  group  forged  ahead  to  second  grade  and  our  new  teacher,  Ms.  Waller.  She  was  a 
saint  on  earth,  if  ever  there  was  one.  She  was  an  elderly  woman,  and  I  think  we  were  her  last  class;  I  guess 
we  did  her  in.  But  she  moved  us  to  cursive  writing.  That  was  one  of  the  hardest  things  I  ever  had  to  learn.  I 
certainly  wouldn’t  say  mastered.  We  all  took  turns  standing  in  front  of  the  class  reading.  And,  we  all  took  trips 
to  the  blackboard  to  practice  writing. 

We  had  little  Recess,  Big  Recess  and  Phys.  Ed.  Who  will  ever  forget  those  days  behind  the  elementary 
building  playing,  running,  climbing  on  the  “Monkey  Bars”  and  swinging  on  the  “Giant  Stride?”  One  guy 
would  wrap  his  chain  around  the  other  five,  and  we  would  try  to  fling  him  to  Jimmy  Lee’s  Store. 

Ms.  Vergie  Thompson  would  come  down  to  read  to  us  periodically.  We  went  on  those  walking  field  trips. 
We  walked  up  to  Mrs.  Hairfield’s  house  and  over  to  Dr.  Shelburne’s  office,  (before  he  was  in  the  school  build¬ 
ing).  A  few  times  we  went  over  to  the  Reynolds  Homestead.  Who  remembers  Mrs.  Tompkins,  who  was  the 
self-appointed  R.  .1.  Reynolds  ambassador?  She'd  visit  our  class  and  ask,  “What’s  the  name  of  your  school?” 
We’d  yell  back  in  unison  “CRITZ!”  “No,  no,  no.  Boys  and  Girls,  it’s  Hardin  Reynolds.”  You  know  we  were 
just  as  excited  by  those  field  trips  and  visits  as  the  kids  today  who  take  long  trips  by  bus  or  train. 

Mrs.  Carlyne  Cooper  inherited  that  blessed  brood  for  the  third  grade.  We  began  arithmetic  and  were 
introduced  to  a  system  known  as  the  multiplication  table.  Bless  her  dear  heart,  she  tried,  but  the  odds  were  in 
our  favor.  Too  many  kids,  too  little  time  and  everyone  had  to  have  measles,  mumps  and  chicken  pox.  I’ll  never 
forget  her,  one  of  the  best  teachers  ever  to  grace  a  classroom. 

The  fourth  grade  was  administered  by  Mrs.  Mcllone.  Her  husband  Walter  came  by  to  visit  and  help  near¬ 
ly  every  day.  We  had  to  learn  Virginia  History,  long  division,  and  by  now,  verbs  and  nouns  were  beginning  to 
torment  us. 

For  some  reason,  we  received  a  large  number  of  whippings  that  year.  The  paddle  was  about  20”  long,  had 
eight  holes  about  one-half  inch  in  diameter,  and  she  knew  how  to  wield  it.  There  are  about  30  people  who  can 
describe  that  paddle  to  within  one  or  two  millimeters. 

Walter  stayed  on  most  days  to  help  and  so  most  of  us  were  able  to  move  on  to  fifth  grade.  That  summer 
we  lost  Bobby  Doss  in  a  drowning  accident. 

Well,  we  were  moving  right  along,  and  in  the  fall  of  1949  Mrs.  Zentmeyer  was  ready  and  waiting.  We 
were  still  trying  to  get  a  grip  on  multiplication  and  long  division.  But  now,  to  make  matters  worse,  we  had  to 
learn  to  use  a  dictionary.  Well  anyway,  we  knew  the  alphabet  backward  so  that  wasn’t  too  hard.  Regular  trips 
to  the  school  library  were  a  treat.  We  learned  to  love  Time  Magazine  and  National  Geographic.  But  there’s 
always  a  catch;  we  had  to  learn  to  use  the  Dewey  Decimal  System. 


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By  now,  many  of  us  had  decided  we  would  probably  never  learn  enough  to  graduate.  However,  Mrs. 
Lillian  Cooper  had  other  ideas.  Early  in  the  year,  we  all  learned  that  we  had  definitely  met  our  Waterloo.  Mrs. 
Cooper  had  retired  but  was  called  back  because  of  a  teacher  shortage.  I'm  pretty  sure  without  Mrs.  Cooper’s 
stem  guidance  our  lives  would  have  turned  out  differently.  We  learned  where  the  Panama  Canal  was.  And, 
when  we  left  that  room  on  the  right  hand  front  side  of  the  elementary  building,  we  knew  how  to  take  history 
notes  independently.  We  also  knew  how  to  multiply,  divide  and  most  importantly,  we  all  knew  the  multipli¬ 
cation  table.  This  was  the  year  the  Brown  School  emptied  into  Hardin  Reynolds  and  we  picked  up  several 
members.  Most  of  them  stayed  around  to  graduate. 

From  then  on,  it  was  much  easier.  Miss  Pearl  Brown  was  a  wonderful  person,  a  gifted  teacher,  and  she 
managed  to  send  30  or  so  of  us  on  to  glory  in  the  High  School  Buildings.  Our  ranks  swelled  again  in  the  sev¬ 
enth  grade  as  students  from  the  Patrick  Springs  School  and  the  Anthony  School  came  to  Hardin  Reynolds. 
This  year  we  had  two  full  classes.  The  second  class  was  taught  by  Ms.  Zula  Hanby. 

All  along  the  way  we  were  gaining  and  losing  students  as  they  moved  into  or  out  of  our  area.  Recently,  I 
saw  a  lady  who  left  our  class  in  fifth  grade.  That  was  1949  and  I  still  remember  where  she  sat  in  class.  Some 
of  us  remember  James  Dillon’s  ability  to  whittle  wood.  He  made  cars,  guns  and  many  other  things.  I  remem¬ 
ber  who  matured  first  and  who  took  longer  to  decide  the  opposite  sex  was  worthwhile.  We  felt  a  closeness  to 
those  people  we  grew  up  with  that  people  today  find  hard  to  understand.  They  actually  were  like  family  mem¬ 
bers  in  many  ways. 

In  1952  we  entered  high  school.  We  were  changing  classes.  We  had  arrived.  As  we  made  our  way  over 
the  hurdles  of  high  school,  we  became  even  closer.  The  athletes  among  us  were  discovered,  the  class  clowns, 
the  studious,  the  fun  loving,  the  popular  and  the  hard  working. 

Many  of  those  students  who  left  the  old  elementary  building  never  graduated.  It  wasn’t  all  that  unusual 
in  those  days.  They  were  anxious  to  find  a  job  and  get  on  with  life.  One  lady,  now  deceased,  who  left  in  the 
ninth  grade  to  get  married  told  me  years  later  that  getting  married  was  one  of  the  best  days  of  her  life,  but 
she  would  always  regret  not  graduating  with  her  class. 

But  others  who  stayed  were  glad  and  many  of  them  excelled.  Some  became  teachers,  librarians,  product 
engineers,  supervisors,  civil  servants,  businessmen  and  college  professors. 

Even  then,  most  of  us  had  jobs  and  many  drove  to  school;  we  had  some  fine  fortyish  “Detroit  Icons.” 
When  I  think  back  on  some  of  our  cars,  we  would  have  been  better  off  walking. 

We  grew  up  in  the  Rock  and  Roll  era.  There  could  never  be  another  decade  like  the  fifties.  We  drove  to 
school  listening  to  Elvis,  Little  Richard,  Fats  Domino,  Carl  Perkins  and  Jerry  Lee  Lewis.  Those  were  tremen¬ 
dously  exciting  times. 

We  had  already  lived  through  two  wars.  By  now,  everyone  of  us  knew  someone  by  name  who  had  been 
lost  in  a  war.  Bobby  Corns  for  instance,  who  was  a  small  boy  when  I  graduated  in  1956,  stood  by  my  school 
bus  door  and  opened  it  for  me  at  every  stop.  He  died  a  medal  winning  hero  in  Vietnam. 

Most  of  us  got  our  first  T.  V  around  1952  or  ’53.  We  were  becoming  acquainted  with  Annette  on  the 
Mickey  Mouse  Club  and  Jack  Webb  on  Dragnet. 

We  had  learned  to  dance  at  Mr.  Terry’s  famous  school  parties.  We  went  on  agriculture  oriented  judgings 
and  degree  team  contests.  I  won  a  medal  for  public  speaking.  Imagine  that! 

Our  athletes  were  playing  in  a  new  gymnasium  donated  by  and  dedicated  to  Mr.  William  Neal  Reynolds. 
We  can  never  thank  the  Reynolds  family  for  all  their  generosity  to  us  and  to  our  school. 

We  must  not  fail  to  mention  Mrs.  Mabel  Grogan,  Mrs.  Sallie  Via,  Mrs.  Louise  Hall,  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Clark, 
Mrs.  Bili  Ehmann,  Mr.  Bittle,  Mr.  Harrell  and  Mr.  Gilley.  Their  teaching  and  guidance  were  loving  and  thor¬ 
ough. 

I  guess  Fats  Domino  was  prophetic  when  he  sang  Blueberry  Hill.  We  did  “find  our  thrill.”  We  did  grad¬ 
uate  from  a  very  fine  school.  And,  when  we  went  out  into  the  world,  we  were  prepared.  The  first  and  only  real 
job  interview  I  ever  had  was  a  sure  sip  of  the  excellence  of  our  school.  The  Personnel  Director  said,  as  he 
signed  me  up  for  what  turned  out  to  be  forty-five  years,  “I’ll  take  every  person  1  can  get  from  Hardin 
Reynolds.” 

Wade  Nelson 
Class  of  1956 


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Creating  A  Pleasant  Atmosphere 


L  to  R:  Mrs.  Lillian  Byrd,  Mrs.  Edith  Cooper, 
and  Mrs.  Hodges 


L  to  R:  Mrs.  Tommy  Shelton,  Mrs.  Ethel  Dillon 
Mrs.  Frances  Nelson,  and  Mrs.  Lillian  Byrd, 


Betty  Nelson 


Gladys  Bryant 


Edith  Cooper 


Frances  Nelson 


L  to  R:  Mrs.  Lillian  Byrd,  Mrs.  Tommy  Shelton, 
Mrs.  Ethel  Dillon  and  Mrs.  Frances  Nelson 


Lillian  Byrd 


Mrs.  Hodges 


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Juanita  Wray 


Inice  Mason 


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Thanks  to  those  listed  below  for  contributions 
made  to  our  75  th  Anniversary  Celebration 

A&P  Supply 


Amos  Paving 


BB&T  Bank 


Campbell’s  Transmission  Service 


Clark  Brothers 


Clark  Gas  &  Oil  Co. 


Collinsville  Printing 


Glenn  Clark  Trucking,  LLC 


Hutchens  Petroleum 


J&P  Contractors,  Inc. 


J.C.  Joyce  Trucking  &  Paving  Co.,  Inc. 


Jason  Clark  Trucking,  LLC 


Brian  J.  Jessup  CPA  PLC 


F.K.  “Sonny”  Williams  (Class  of  1947) 


M&M  Exxon 

Martin’s  Tire  Service 

Martinsville  Chiropractic  Center 

Merritt  Farm  Supply 

Millard's  Machinery,  Inc. 

Riverside  Tire  Service,  Inc. 

Skipper’s  Steak  &  Seafood  j 

Smith  River  Bank 

Stanley  Chevrolet 

Stuart  Tire  &  Auto  Center  j 

Sun  Trust  Bank 

j  Surrey  Bank  &  Trust 

Wilderness  Stuart,  Inc. 

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Baseball  Fiel 

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Joe  Critz 
Home 


Baseball  Field 


Bob  Critz 
Home 


Stables 

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Woodsh 


Boys  G: 

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Boys 

Dormito 


Hamon  Critz 
Home 


Filling  Station 


Edgar  Sheppard 
Blacksmith 
Shop 


Baptist  Church 


Edgar  Sheppard  or 
Robert  Brown 


Critz 
Store 


However  rapidly  or  leisurely  you  have 
traveled  through  this  volume,  thank  you 
for  journeying  through  75  years  of  incom¬ 
plete  written  and  photographic  memo¬ 
ries.  If  you  are  ending  before  beginning, 
that’s  alright,  too.  You  expect  to  take  a 
thorough  and  leisurely  journey  later,  per¬ 
haps. 

Class  contributions  have  ranged 
from  none  or  one  to  several  of  varying 
lengths,  specified  as  the  printing  sched¬ 
ule  and  content  needs  became  more 
apparent  or  more  urgent.  No  claim  to 
completeness  is  attempted,  but  the 
“book  committee”  hopes  enough  has 
been  gathered  and  presented  to  suggest 
many  additional  memories.  The  commit¬ 
tee  even  dares  to  suggest  writing  and 
attaching  additional  memories  and  pho¬ 
tographs  to  appropriate  class  pages  for 
posterity. 

On  behalf  of  the  Hardin  Reynolds 
Memorial  School  Alumni  Association,  the 
committee  and  staff  have  presented  the 
foregoing  pages  with  pleasure  and  pride- 
in  spite  of  recognized  incompleteness. 
The  committee  and  staff  have  included  a 
varied  and  somewhat  fluid  group  of 
Critz-area  volunteers.  Any  list  that 
attempts  to  include  the  longest  serving 
and  hardest  working  committee-staff 
members  would  have  to  include 

Jesse  Shelburne  Bowles 
Wayne  Clark 
Ann  Adams  Fulcher 
Fred  Gilley 
Rita  Barbour  Murphy 
Fred  Smart 
Algie  Spencer 
Cecil  Spencer 
Thomas  Eddie  and 
Rebecca  Hylton  Tatum 
Jessie  Mae  Ayers  Vernon 
And  Others